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Umatilla Chemical Depot news: 2000
- Dec. 19, 2000: Lawyer claims Army hid
illness's cause
- Dec. 25, 2000: CSEPP wide awake 1 year
after false alarm
- Dec. 15, 2000: CSEPP to brief Kitzhaber
on emergency plan
- Dec. 8, 2000: Weather Service eyes tone
alert radios as safety tool
- Dec. 2, 2000: Depot keeps eye on operations
in Pacific
- Nov. 18, 2000: Survey says many uncertain
of correct, safe response to depot leak
- Nov. 16, 2000: Evacuation drill successful
at depot
- Nov. 4, 2000: Federal money for CSEPP
on way to counties
- Oct. 31, 2000: CSEPP work begins to protect
Hermiston hospital
- Oct. 18, 2000: Leaking rocket detected
at Umatilla Chemical Depot
- Oct. 12, 2000: Awareness campaign aids
depot neighbors
- Oct. 6, 2000: CSEPP board decides against
hiring program manager
- Oct. 5, 2000: Army says depot commander
must move on
- Oct. 3, 2000: Army says pact with Morrow
County not set
- Sept. 27, 2000: Tour of chemical depot
eases fears of area high school students
- Sept. 27, 2000: Morrow County, Army
reach deal on incinerator
- Sept. 11, 2000: Work on track at depot
- Sept. 7, 2000: Raytheon workers got decent
care, judge says
- Aug. 19, 2000: Last alert radios delivered
- Aug. 16, 2000: Tribes want to have voice
in CSEPP direction
- Aug. 16, 2000: CSEPP problems spark
resignation at OSP
- Aug. 16, 2000: Everything fine after
false alarm
- Aug. 11, 2000: Umatilla Chemical Depot
also Red Cross storage facility for Montana fire victims
- Aug. 8, 2000: Umatilla depot cited for
problem wastes
- Aug. 4, 2000: Kitzhaber gives depot panel
2001 deadline
- Aug. 2, 2000: McCullough to represent
police at CSEPP
- Aug. 1, 2000: Raytheon says depot will
meet new EPA standards
- Aug. 1, 2000: Workers at depot say fumes
'like fire'
- July 30, 2000: People near depot uneasy,
survey says
- July 30, 2000: Depot workers sue Army,
Raytheon
- July 28, 2000: Officials unprepared for
depot accident, new state study says
- July 20, 2000: Emergency exercise scheduled
Monday at chemical depot
- July 15, 2000: State won't stop plans
for Umatilla incinerator
- July 15, 2000: Boardman next to get
alert radios
- July 13, 2000: DEQ seeks safety guarantee
of new Hermiston incinerator
- July 8, 2000: Raytheon, company building
chemical incinerator, sold
- June 29, 2000: Hermiston, Umatilla should
be stocked with depot tone-alert radios
- June 24, 2000: Hermiston center gets extra
measure of safety
- June 23, 2000: Variety of uses appear
best for UAD, task force decides
- June 13, 2000: No surprises for Umatilla
depot inspectors
- June 8, 2000: All depot wastes will be
dealt with, state officials say
- June 3, 2000: Army studies burning additional
weapons
- May 24, 2000: 800 tone alert radios installed
in homes
- May 19, 2000: Challenge to Umatilla depot
likely quashed
- May 18, 2000: Open house planned Saturday
at depot
- May 16, 2000: Irrigon homes to receive
emergency radios soon
- May 16, 2000: Deputy to head Umatilla
incinerator construction
- May 11, 2000: Drill tests disaster response
- May 3, 2000: Tone alert radios find 1st
homes
- May 2, 2000: Firm to study emergency
management at depot
- May 2, 2000: Depot alert radios may
start going out today
- April 28, 2000: Emergency drill planned
Saturday in Hermiston
- April 28, 2000: 11th bomb threat at
depot; nothing suspicious found
- April 23, 2000: Chemical stockpile sites'
neighbors feel unprepared
- April 22, 2000: Report on illnesses at
depot gives criticisms
- April 20, 2000: Umatilla depot hit with
10th bomb threat
- April 19, 2000: Public help vital to depot's
preparedness
- April 18, 2000: Forum focuses on depot's
preparedness
- March 31, 2000: Umatilla Chemical Depot
site manager leaving project
- March 30, 2000: Growth spurs need for
more depot sirens
- March 30, 2000: Emergency workers get
training for depot disaster
- March 30, 2000: Depot workers' safety
key in bomb threats
- March 29, 2000: Umatilla Chemical Depot
gets another bomb threat
- March 23, 2000: 6th depot bomb threat
comes via radio
- March 18, 2000: Depot doesn't look so
bad after report
- March 18, 2000: Russians tell own stockpile
situation
- March 17, 2000: Reward increased in
depot threats
- March 17, 2000: Chemical depot alert
radios await distribution
- March 16, 2000: Raytheon offers $10,000
reward after 5th bomb threat at depot site
- March 10, 2000: Umatilla depot bomb threat
suspect released
- March 9, 2000: Governor reaffirms stance
on chemical weapons depot
- March 9, 2000: FBI makes arrest in depot
bomb threat
- March 8, 2000: Bomb threat again disrupts
work at Umatilla depot
- March 4, 2000: Pesky siren slated for
complete overhaul
- March 3, 2000: Ex-State Police officer
back in uniform as depot observer
- March 1, 2000: Evaluation of depot's notification
system starts
- Feb. 29, 2000: Bomb threat sends Raytheon
workers home
- Feb. 26, 2000: Oregon officials lift CSEPP
meeting moratorium
- Feb. 25, 2000: Oregon transplants antelope
to Nevada
- Feb. 24, 2000: Oregon wildlife officials
plan antelope roundup
- Feb. 24, 2000: Raytheon paring down
depot work force
- Feb. 18, 2000: Probe set to find cause
of depot false alarm
- Feb. 15, 2000: Showdown looms between
CSEPP, feds over radios
- Feb. 12, 2000: Tone alert tests to be
completed Tuesday
- Feb. 4, 2000: Counties stick with CSEPP
meeting moratorium
- Feb. 3, 2000: Mock depot drill press release
confuses some media
- Feb. 2, 2000: Defense Department sets
$60 million to fund disposal of chemical weapons
- Feb. 2, 2000: Depot leader addresses
emergency warnings
- Jan. 19, 2000: Independent test needed
of depot alarms, officials say
- Jan. 15, 2000: Results of CSEPP alert
system called mixed
- Jan. 12, 2000: Residents tired of depot
program
- Jan. 11, 2000: False alarm at depot rings
in new phone system
- Jan. 8, 2000: County leaders cut off CSEPP
- Jan. 6, 2000: Concerns over depot alarm
system continue
- Jan. 5, 2000: Raytheon workers return
to depot
- Jan. 5, 2000: Oregon officials call
for direct contact with Umatilla depot
- Jan. 4, 2000: Fingers pointed in false
alarm at depot
- Jan. 4, 2000: Workers walk off jobs
at chemical depot
- Jan. 2, 2000: Umatilla County greets new
year with few glitches
- Jan. 1, 2000: Officials voice doubt over
CSEPP system
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