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DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT D: DISTRIBUTION AUTHORIZED TO DOD AND U.S. DOD CONTRACTORS ONLY, ADMINISTRATIVE OR OPERATIONAL USE, 28 DECEMBER 2017. OTHER REQUESTS FOR THIS DOCUMENT SHALL BE REFERRED TO 406 SCMS/GULAA, (PACKAGING

DIVISION), HILL AFB, UTAH 84056.

DESTRUCTION NOTICE: FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES IN DOD 5220.22-M, NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL SECURITY PROGRAM OPERATING MANUAL (NISPOM), SECTION 5-705, OR DOD 5200.1-R, INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM, CHAPTER VI. FOR UNCLASSIFIED, LIMITED DOCUMENTS, DESTROY BY ANY METHOD THAT WILL PREVENT DISCLOSURE OF CONTENTS OR RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DOCUMENT.

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1. CAUTION: T.O. 16W2-5-2, SECTION 3, DESCRIBES THE PROTECTION TO BE APPLIED TO THE CANOPY PRIOR TO

PACKAGING OF THE ITEM. NSN FOR PROTEX10VS IS 7510-01-121-5011.

2. SIDES AND ENDS ARE FASTENED TO BASE WITH NAILS. DO NOT USE BOLTS.

2. SECURE REF.-2 AND REF.-3 TO CONTAINER TOP USING NAILS CONFORMING TO ASTM-F1667.

4. SECURE REF.-12 AND -13 TO CONTAINER AND REF.-13 TO -17 USING NAILS CONFORMING TO ASTM F1667.

5. LAMINATE USING ADHESIVE CONFORMING TO A-A-1936 TYPE II OR EQUAL.

6. SECURE LID USING REF.-22 AND -23.

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."

CAUTION NOTICES