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The Pueblo Chemical Depot was one of the last two sites in the United States with chemical munitions and chemical materiel. The Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP) which is under the Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PEO ACWA) program destroyed its stockpile of 155mm and 105mm artillery shells and 4.2-inch mortars, all of which contained a form of the chemical agent mustard gas.", "narrative_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "narrative_source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueblo_Chemical_Depot", "zoning_change": null, "public_subsidy": null, "entitlement_year": null, "planning_notes": null, "wikidata_qid": "Q7258429", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueblo_Chemical_Depot", "osm_id": null, "verified": "draft", "verified_by": null, "last_verified": null, "last_updated": "2026-10-18", "created": "2026-10-18", "contributor_name": null, "contributor_org": null, "contributor_link": null, "international": 0, "county_fips": "08101", "opp_score": 0.0, "opp_reasons": ["already in play: under construction, approved, or sold to a developer with housing plans"], "for_sale": 0, "distressed": 0, "url": "https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/co/pueblo-county-pueblo-chemical-depot/", "events": [{"year": 2023, "date": null, "kind": "note", "detail": "Destruction of all munitions was complete", "source_id": 9105}, {"year": 2023, "date": null, "kind": "note", "detail": "Closure activities slated to be wrapped up", "source_id": 9106}, {"year": 2024, "date": null, "kind": "note", "detail": "Depot decommissioned", "source_id": 9107}, {"year": 2024, "date": null, "kind": "closed", "detail": "Closed", "source_id": null}], "sources": [{"id": 9104, "site_id": "n-488260feca", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueblo_Chemical_Depot", "title": "Pueblo Chemical Depot", "publisher": "Wikipedia", "date": null, "quote": "The Pueblo Chemical Depot was a chemical weapons storage site located in Pueblo County, Colorado, United States.", "kind": "wikipedia", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}, {"id": 9105, "site_id": "n-488260feca", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueblo_Chemical_Depot", "title": "Timeline", "publisher": null, "date": null, "quote": "Destruction of all munitions was complete by Jun. 22, 2023.", "kind": "quote", "license": null, "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}, {"id": 9106, "site_id": "n-488260feca", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueblo_Chemical_Depot", "title": "Timeline", "publisher": null, "date": null, "quote": "Closure activities (shut-down, dismantling, and restoration of site) are slated to be wrapped up by 2023.", "kind": "quote", "license": null, "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}, {"id": 9107, "site_id": "n-488260feca", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueblo_Chemical_Depot", "title": "Timeline", "publisher": null, "date": null, "quote": "The United States Army decommissioned the depot on September 12, 2024.", "kind": "quote", "license": null, "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}], "deals": [], "parties": [{"name": "PuebloPlex", "kind": "developer", "role": "developer", "year_from": null, "year_to": null}], "parcels": [], "context": {"assessment": {"what_happened": "Pueblo Chemical Depot (industrial site, chemical weapons storage) closed in 2024 after munitions destruction. 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