The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is searching for an Arizona contractor who can burn marijuana at a rate of 1,000 pounds an hour between the month of March and September.
The DEA’s Houston Division put out a contracting notice for the gig.
The weed will be transported from 12 cities in Texas to an incinerator in Tucson and most of it will be in the form of “tightly compressed ‘bricks’ or ‘bales,’ typically weighing between 40 and 60 pounds.
“The integrity of the destruction process shall be such that the material to be destroyed cannot be redirected or retrieved once it is committed to destruction,” the DEA notice reads.
The marijuana must be destroyed “to a point where there are no detectable levels, as measured by standard analytical methods, of byproduct from the destruction process. DEA shall inspect the incinerator to ensure no drug residue remains.”
The agency also wants the location have a fence tall enough to prevent onlookers from watching the process.
All employees involved will have to undergo a background check and yearly drug tests.
The notice also states, “This is anticipated to be a sole source award to Tucson Iron & Metal,” which is the only vendor in close enough proximity to the Texas towns of McAllen, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Laredo, and Eagle Pass, where the confiscated cannabis is presumably stored.
