Chemical Transfer Facility
The Chemical Transfer Facility (CTF) is the single repository for the Army’s research and development stocks of toxic chemical agents. The CTF was designated as the only United States declared Single Small Scale Facility under the Chemical Weapons Convention and as a Chemical Weapons Storage Facility and a Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility.
Chemical agent stored at the CTF is used to conduct defensive research and development throughout the DoD and is imperative to maintaining an effective defensive posture against the new world chemical threat. In support of this mission, personnel are responsible for agent preparation through synthesis or purification, packaging and shipment of neat and dilute agent throughout the DoD as well as supporting contractors. Dilute agent is provided to all stockpile sites for use in their low-level monitoring programs.
The CTF has the capability to analyze agent for purity and identifying impurities utilizing analytical instrumentation such as Gas Chromatography and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. The CTF is also permitted by the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) for the storage and treatment of hazardous substances. The team is also a major contributor to the U.S. chemical agent disposal program. All chemical agent used in these studies is prepared and shipped from the CTF. Bench scale as well as large volume neutralization experiments can be conducted by team personnel at the CTF.
In support of the Project Manager, Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel and the Installation Restoration Program (IRP) at APG, the team has conducted drill and drain operations on non-explosively configured munitions currently stored at APG. Personnel are extensively trained in areas such as safety and health, proper use and application of personal protective equipment, hazardous materials packaging/transportation laws and regulations, ammunition safety, storage and handling, environmental compliance (State and Federal), CWC Treaty Compliance, surety and security management and toxic/first aid.
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