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United States: OPCW Inspects Rocky Mountain Arsenal Site A team from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, which implements the Chemical Weapons Convention, is inspecting a former U.S. chemical weapons production facility this week, U.S. officials said yesterday (see related GSN story, today). Officials at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Colorado expect the OPCW team to complete inspections by the end of the week, said arsenal spokeswoman Ruth Mecham. The OPCW has inspected the facility six times since the United States ratified the CWC in 1997, according to the Associated Press. Crews are cleaning up the arsenal, now a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency superfund site, in preparation for converting it to a wildlife preserve, the AP reported. Workers have found 10 canisters containing sarin nerve agent at the site in the past two years (Associated Press, April 4).
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