SpecialPackagingInstruction.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: ASSETS PACKAGED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF THIS SPI MUST BE REPACKAGED TO MEET

THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SPI REVISION.

NOTICE 3: OTHER NSNs MAY BE ASSIGNED TO THIS SPI BUT MAY NOT BE SHOWN ON THE SPI.

NOTICE 4: 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 5: 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 6: OVERSEAS AND FMS PACKAGING MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF LEVEL A PACKAGING.

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES (ISPM No. 15) REQUIREMENTS

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

PACKING MATERIAL (SWPM). THIS REQUIREMENT IS SPECIFICALLY CONCERNED WITH INVASIVE SPECIES SUCH AS THE

PINEWOOD NEMATODE. 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 SOLID WOOD

PACKING MATERIAL (SWPM) SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED FROM HEAT-TREATED (HT) MATERIAL (HT 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

"INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES (ISPM) No. 15." THIS DOCUMENT CAN BE FOUND AT www.ippc.int.