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<br />PIKA
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<br />200809097
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<br />INTERNAT1DNALt INC.
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<br />October 19, 2005
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<br />To:
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<br />U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command
<br />1 Rock Island Arsenal
<br />Rock Island, IL 61299.6000
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<br />Subject:
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<br />5X Certification of Land Parcel within Lo" Line 3 at Cornhusker
<br />Anny Ammunition Plant, Grand Island, Nebr.ka
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<br />According to the u.s. Army Pamphlet IOCP 385-1, the 5X level of contamination exists
<br />when ~no significant amounls (not enough to present an explosive safety hazard) of
<br />contamination remain." At the 5X level the ~arlicle, equipment, or building" does not pose
<br />an explosive safety hazard and is safe for welding, drilling. sawing, etc. and sale to the
<br />general public. Therefore, in order for the U.S. Army Ix> transfer the Cornhusker AAP parcel
<br />for sale, it must first be classified as 5X.
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<br />The Load Line 3 area (section 14, Township 11, Range 11) is located West. of Hall County
<br />in Grand Island, Nebraska (refer to Figure 1, Vol. I of III of this Final Report), and formerly
<br />contained a series of buildings that had been used in the Loading, Assembly and Packaging
<br />(LAP) of explosives and munitions.
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<br />The SX certification of the land parcel within the fenced boundary of Load Line (LL) 3 was
<br />conducted in accordance with Amendment.4 of the original ExplOSives Safety Sutxnission
<br />(ESS) approved by the Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board (DDESB) in
<br />December 2004 and the approved Work Plan (Rev1, 01-19-05). The explosives
<br />decontamination and demolition of buildings at Load Line 3 (Buildings 3L-1, 3L-2, 3L-3, 3L-
<br />4, 3L-S, 3L-6,3L-7, 3L-8, 3L~9, 3L-10, 3L-UE, 3L-llW, 3L-12, 3L-13, 3L-14, 3L-lS, 3L-16,
<br />3L-17, 3L-18, 3L-19, 3L-20, 3L-21, 3L-22, 3L-23, 3L-24, 3L-30, CH19 and CH20) and
<br />associated ramps/walkways and 5X certification of the buildings/soils under the building
<br />slabs, was performed previously by another contraclx>r and hence not included as part of
<br />this 5X certification.
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<br />The procedures resulting In the 5X certification are detailed in the Final Report and were
<br />performed by unexploded ordnance (UXO) personnel who were former military Explosive
<br />Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians trained in the recognition, assessment and
<br />remediation of ecploslve contamination and hazards.
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<br />Therefore, to the best of our knowledge, the land parcel within the fenced boundary of LL3
<br />as identified above have been decontaminated to the 5X level In accordance with the
<br />DDESB-approved ESS and subsequent Amendments.
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<br />For PIKA International, Inc:
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<br />Dewey Thedford
<br />Senior UXO SuperVisor
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<br />Gerald Kitzmiller
<br />UXO Safet-j/QC Officer
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<br />12919 Southwest Freeway, #l90IStafford, Texas 77477
<br />Tel: 281-3'\0-5525 Fax: 2B1-3"lO-5533 .
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