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Army Says It Has Stopped Pueblo Mustard Leak

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Nov 9, 2009 2:31 pm US/Mountain

Army Says It Has Stopped Pueblo Mustard Leak

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) ― The U.S. Army says it has finished work containing a leak of mustard agent at the Pueblo Chemical Depot.

The leak was discovered in August by a sensor at one of the "igloos" containing the deadly toxin. Chemical weapons set for destruction are stored at the site.

The Army sorted through the stored projectiles and found one leaking liquid mustard and one leaking mustard vapor.

The Army said Monday that the leaky projectiles were moved to a more secure igloo on Nov. 5. No one was hurt in what spokesman Charles Sprague called "standard operation."

The Army is talks with Colorado health officials to settle a state lawsuit calling for increased monitoring of how chemical weapons are stored at the site. Congress has set a 2017 deadline to have the weapons destroyed to meet international treaty obligations.