12_Special_Packaging_Instructions_F011259400.pdf

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This document provides special packaging instructions for a federal contract solicitation. The solicitation involves three guided missile components including impulse cartridges, impulse fins, and guided missile cartridges. The special packaging instructions specify how each guided missile component must be wrapped, cushioned, and packed in order to comply with international standards for preventing the spread of invasive species via wood packaging material. The instructions reference military standards for palletized shipping of ammunition and require that all wood lumber, pallets and containers be constructed from debarked wood that has been heat treated to specific temperatures in accordance with international phytosanitary measures.

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NOTE: THE ABOVE POP MARKINGS

ARE FOR DOD USE ONLY.

MUNITION NOTICES

NOTES

1. WRAP ITEM IN REF.-3, PLACE WRAPPED ITEM IN BARRIER BAG, REF.-4, REMOVE AIR AND SEAL.

2. CUSHION BAG WITH REF.-2, PLACE IN CARTON, REF.-1, USING ADDITIONAL CUSHIONING TO PREVENT MOVEMENT.

3. PLACE UP TO 10 ITEMS IN SHIPPING CONTAINER.

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES

REVISION OF ISPM NO. 15

REVISION OF WOOD PACKAGING MATERIAL FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE

THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE UNITED NATIONS-IMPLEMENTED RESTRICTIONS ON WOOD

PACKAGING MATERIAL (WPM). THIS REQUIREMENT IS SPECIFICALLY CONCERNED WITH INVASIVE SPECIES SUCH AS THE

PINEWOOD NEMATODE. WPM IS DEFINED AS WOOD PALLETS, SKIDS, LOAD BOARDS, PALLET COLLARS, WOODEN BOXES, REELS, DUNNAGE, CRATES, FRAMES, AND CLEATS. THE STATEMENT BELOW CITES THE REQUIREMENTS IN DETAIL AND

COVERS LUMBER FOR BUILDING CONTAINERS AND PALLETS USED FOR DELIVERIES, RESULTING IN SHIPMENTS WORLDWIDE

(DIRECT, OR THROUGH AIR LOGISTICS CENTERS (ALC), CONTAINER CONSOLIDATION POINTS (CCP), OR OTHER BASES).

WOODEN LUMBER, WOODEN PALLET AND PACKAGING/CONTAINER STATEMENT:

ALL WOODEN LUMBER, WOODEN PALLETS, AND WOODEN CONTAINERS PRODUCED ENTIRELY OR IN PART OF WOOD

PACKAGING MATERIAL (WPM) SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED FROM DEBARKED WOOD IN ADDITION TO THE APPLICATION OF

HEAT-TREATED (HT) MATERIAL (HT TO 56 DEGREES CENTIGRADE OR 133 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT FOR 30 MINUTES).

CERTIFICATION/MARKING IS REQUIRED BY AN ACCREDITED AGENCY RECOGNIZED BY THE AMERICAN LUMBER STANDARDS

COMMITTEE (ALSC). FOR REFERENCE DOCUMENTATION, SEE LATEST REVISION OF "INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR

PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES (ISPM NO. 15), "REGULATION OF WOOD PACKAGING MATERIAL IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE."

REFER TO MIL-STD-129 FOR MARKING

REQUIREMENTS OF PALLETIZED UNIT

LOADS OF AMMUNITION.

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