COBRATF_Facility_Notes_(V1_18_Mar_19).docx

COBRATF Facility Notes

A. COBRATF

· Most areas of the facility are accessible without any specialty PPE

· Inside Training Building “hot” area requires Level C ensemble (APR, suit, boots, gloves)

· Agents: Nerve (VX, Sarin-GB), Biological (dS Bacillus anthracis, A-Chain Ricin)

B. Potable / Fire Water

· Water from AWWSB

· Pump House on WP Drive – 2 pumps

· Fills / pressurizes a Loop and Water Tower

· Separate Fire and Potable water drops off the Loop to Admin Bldg, Tng Bldg, O&M Area

· Fire System – Most of facility - wet sprinkler + 3 Clean Gas (NFPA 2000) Agent systems (chem lab, mezzanine communications cage, safety control)

· Portable Fire Extinguishers

C. Sanitary / Storm Sewer

· Sanitary to lift station behind O&M area, forced main to manhole on McClellan ANG base

· Storm Drains all drain to location on West side

· Septic Tank / drain fields: Post 5, Northville bathrooms

D. Natural Gas

· Main gas line behind O&M Incinerator building

· Feeds boilers in Incinerator Bldg, boiler in Tng Bldg, and HVAC unit it Admin Bldg.

E. Electrical

· Main feed is overhead to pole at West Perimeter fence, underground to 2 APC transformers behind Tng Bldg

· Two MCCs – main one in Tng Bldg mechanical room, 2nd on feeds Exhaust filter bank

· Two emergency generators connected into system with automatic transfer, each w/ 200 gal diesel day tank

· One 4000 gallon diesel AST

F. HVAC

· Admin Bldg – Roof mount units, classroom unit (gas)

· Training Bldg

· traditional HVAC in “cold areas” (i.e. not part of the “Hot” nerve agent training area) – AH-14, to be replaced in HVAC Phase 2 project

· Single pass HVAC in “hot areas”; currently 2 supply units serving the “hot” area, and one other unit (AH-14 supplying all other areas), nine (9) exhaust units with multistage filters;

· HVAC Phase 2 will install additional single pass supply units and 1 or more “cold” area units.

· Split units at various other locations.

G. Boilers / Autoclaves

· Two boilers in O&M Area, one in Tng bldg for HVAC

· Two autoclaves – used for JSLIST (agent) and ADEM regulated medical waste

H. Waste / Wastewater

· RCRA Large Quantity Generator

· Wastewater: large volume (sometime RCRA D022, other times not RCRA) pumped to South (30K) or North (40k) ASTs – always incinerated

· Wastewater: drummed, always RCRA D022, incinerated

· Other RCRA wastes: AgF pads, M256 HD mercuric cyanide ethanol ampules, etc.,

· Non-RCRA waste: Universal waste (bulbs, batteries), waste oil, etc.; recyclables (metal, cardboard)