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The U.S. Army's Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) is the world leader in programs to store, treat, and dispose of chemical weapons
safely and effectively. The agency develops and uses technologies to safely store and eliminate chemical weapons while protecting
the public, its workers and the environment. CMA was created to incorporate the former Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization and portions of the
U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command into one agency. This streamlines operations and allows for greater integration of these programs. More
information on the organization is available at About CMA.
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On 15 January 2010, Washington Demilitarization Company, LLC announced the UMCDF team achieved the safety milestone of six million man-hours of continuous effort without an accident resulting in a lost day away from work. This is the first time UMCDF has reached the six million man-hour mark and comes after a calendar year of 2009 that finished with a recordable injury rate of .70. This achievement reflects highly upon the UMCDF, the US Army Chemical Materials Agency, and the U.S. Army.
ANCDF Start Up of 4.2 Inch HD Mortar Campaign On 19 Jan 10, the first tray containing six 4.2 inch HD mortars successfully exited the ANCDF metal parts furnace(MPF). It contained HD mortars each with its full agent load because a drain was not attempted based on programmatic experience. The successful processing of this first tray of mortars marks the beginning of a deliberate startup of the 4.2 inch HD mortar campaign. This marks another successful milestone for the ANCDF mission to safely demilitarize the Anniston Army Depot chemical munitions stockpile.
CMA Destroys its Two Millionth Munition CMA announced the safe destruction of its two millionth munition since Entry-Into-Force of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The U.S. ratified the CWC in 1997, joining more than 180 countries pledging to rid the world of chemical weapons. CMA has come a long way to reach this destruction benchmark. The neutralization sites at Aberdeen, Md., and Newport, Ind., as well as the incineration site at Johnston Atoll, have successfully destroyed their stockpiles of chemical warfare materiel and are closed or being closed. The four remaining sites at Anniston, Ala., Pine Bluff, Ark., Tooele, Utah, and Umatilla, Ore., use incineration, a proven safe and effective treatment. CMA’s Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Project has made substantial progress assessing and treating chemical materiel separate from the national stockpile. NSCMP also beat the treaty deadline for destruction of the nation’s chemical warfare production facilities and binary chemical weapons.
Recordable Injury Milestone at PBCDF The Pine Bluff Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (PBCDF) achieved a safety milestone at 12:01 a.m. on July 15, 2009 when it went over 1 million safe work hours without a recordable injury. The safety milestone set at PBCDF is the first time any chemical demilitarization site has ever accomplished 1 million hours without a recordable injury. On June 17, PBCDF also achieved another safety milestone when it reached 2 million hours without an injury requiring days away from work. PBCDF employs more than 700 workers and subcontractors who must constantly focus on safety for themselves and their co-workers.
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