Special_Pkg_Instruction.pdf

CAUTION NOTICES

NOTICE 1: ASSETS PACKAGED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF THIS SPI DO NOT REQUIRE REPACKAGING

IF THE INTEGRITY OF THE SPI IS MAINTAINED.

NOTICE 2: OTHER NSNs MAY BE ASSIGNED TO THIS SPI BUT MAY NOT BE SHOWN ON THE SPI.

NOTICE 3: PACKAGING MATERIAL MAY BE SUBSTITUTED IF IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF MIL-STD-2073, PROVIDES

EQUAL OR BETTER PROTECTION AND THERE IS NO INCREASED COST TO THE GOVERNMENT.

NOTICE 4: FOR LEVEL A PACKAGING REQUIREMENTS, LEVEL B PACKS SHALL BE OVERBOXED IN A LEVEL A SPECIFIED

CONTAINER SHOWN ON PAGE 1 UNDER PACKAGING LEVEL A.

NOTICE 5: OVERSEAS AND FMS PACKAGING MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF LEVEL A PACKAGING.

NOTES

1. APPLY MIL-PRF-81322, CODE 02, TO BEARING RACE THEN COVER WITH REF.-3 AND SECURE WITH REF.-4.

2. PLACE PAD, REF.-2, IN THE BOTTOM OF CONTAINER.

3. PLACE WRAPPED WHEEL INTO CONTAINER AND PLACE PAD, REF.-2, ON TOP.

4. USE ADDITIONAL PADS, REF.-2, TO FILL VOIDS.

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."