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RANGE UXO AND RESIDUE (RUXOR)

(TA B-4 BLD 5109 AREA)

EGLIN OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

SERVICES

(E-OMS) INDUSTRY DAYS

4 JUNE 2014

THE BLD 5109 COMPLEX IS THE STAGING AREA FOR THE

UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE (UXO) TEAM AND IS ALSO USED

FOR PROCESSING AND STORAGE OF RANGE RESIDUE AND

UXO MATERIALS. ALL MATERIALS HANDLED BY THE UXO

TEAM AND STORED OR PROCESSED HERE OR OTHER

LOCATIONS ON THE RANGE HAVE BEEN INSPECTED AND

RENDERED FREE OF EXPLOSIVES AND DEEMED SAFE BY

MILITARY EOD PERSONNEL. THE FUNCTION OF THE UXO

TEAM IS TO COLLECT THIS RANGE DEBRIS FROM THE

VARIOUS RANGES AND PROCESS THE MATERIAL FOR

DISPOSAL, EITHER THROUGH A RECYCLING PROGRAM OR

INTO THE WASTE STREAM. THE UXO TEAM ENSURES NO

AMMUNITION, EXPLOSIVES, OR OTHER DANGEROUS

ARTICLES FROM THE RANGE ARE RELEASED INTO THE

PUBLIC SECTOR. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH A

SERIES OF INSPECTIONS AND CONTROLS. THE LOCKABLE

ROLL-OFF CONTAINERS YOU SEE HERE ARE PART OF THAT

PROCESS WHERE WE ENSURE POSITIVE CONTROL OF

RANGE MATERIAL FROM THE TIME IT IS INSPECTED UNTIL

RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC SECTOR.

A TEAM OF QUALIFIED UXO TECHNICIANS INSPECTS

AND REMOVES DEBRIS FROM THE RANGE AFTER A

SCHEDULED MISSION. THIS COULD INCLUDE COLLECTION

AND REMOVAL OF DEBRIS FROM A MUNITION ITEM, SUCH AS

A BOMB OR MISSILE CARCASS OR A TARGET VEHICLE OR

OTHER STRUCTURE. THIS DEBRIS MATERIAL IS THEN

CERTIFIED SAFE AND PROCESSED FOR DISPOSAL.

RECYCLABLE MATERIAL IS PROCESSED THROUGH A

SEPARATE RECYCLING CONTRACT AND WASTE MATERIAL IS

TRANSPORTED TO A WASTE FACILITY. LAST YEAR, WE

PROCESSED APPROXIMATELY 750 TONS OF RECYCLED

METAL THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

IN ADDITION TO UXO CERTIFICATION, SOME MILITARY

MATERIAL, SUCH AS AIRCRAFT OR MUNITIONS ITEMS, MUST

BE DE-MILLED BEFORE DISPOSAL. DE-MIL OPERATIONS

TYPICALLY CONSIST OF CUTTING OR DEFORMING AN ITEM

AND MAY TAKE PLACE ON THE VARIOUS RANGES OR AT A

TARGET STAGING AREA LOCATED A FEW MILES SOUTH OF

THIS LOCATION.

ADDITIONALLY, AF REGULATIONS REQUIRE THE AREA

AROUND EACH RANGE TARGET TO BE INSPECTED ON A

REGULAR BASIS TO REMOVE DEBRIS AND ENSURE NO

HAZARDOUS MATERIAL IS LEFT ON THE RANGE.

THIS CONCLUDES THE UXO AREA TOUR.