EPA Fines Army Over Nerve Gas Release

SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Army and a contractor were fined nearly $52,000
for releasing a deadly chemical weapon on a wildlife sanctuary in the
Pacific Ocean, federal environmental officials announced Wednesday.

An unknown quantity of VX nerve agent was released in August 2002 at a
chemical weapons disposal facility on Johnston Atoll, the Environmental
Protection Agency (news - web sites)'s office in San Francisco said. The
release occurred when a tray holding remnants of a VX shell was
improperly loaded into an incinerator.

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