Return of Materials Exposed to CWAs

According to Department of the Army pamphlet 385-61, Toxic Chemical Agent Safety Standards, instruments that have been exposed to CWA materials must ronain unda control of the government KYO initiated a waiva request through proper channels to permit the return of materials subjected to CWA exposure to the company that developed them. The next section presents a sample risk assessment that permitted developers to retake control over materials that had been subjected to CWA testing. 

7 SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT FOR RELEASE OF TESTED, CONTRACTOR-OWNED MATERIALS TO CONTRACTOR 

The purpose of securing a risk assessment is to allow for contractor-owned items to be tested against chonical agent vapor in an Army test facility at the U.S. Army 

Edgewood Research, Development and Engineering Center (ERDEC), and to be able to return the items to connactor control. Army Regulation 385-61, Chapter 5, 5-le(4)(a) states  

Items decontaminated to 3X level may not be released from Government control. 

---