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1. USE CUSHIONING REF.-6 TO FILL VOIDS AND INSURE A TIGHT FIT.

2. THESE COMPUTERS, GENERATORS, OR PROGRAMMABLE D.G. ARE ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) SENSITIVE AND

MUST BE PROTECTED BY PRACTICING ESD HANDLING AND PACKAGING PROCEDURES. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS YOU MUST BE

AT A GROUNDED WORK STATION AND YOU MUST BE GROUNDED TO HANDLE THIS MATERIAL. WRAP THESE ITEMS IN

REF.-6, NON-STATIC CREATING WRAP, WHICH ALSO PROTECTS THE BARRIER BAG, REF.-6 FROM BEING PUNCTURED. PLACE

THESE WRAPPED ITEMS IN A ESD PROTECTIVE BARRIER BAG REF.-7 AND SEAL. SUFFICIENT AMOUNTS OF CUSHIONING

REF.-6, WILL BE USED TO CENTER THE BAGGED ITEM INTO THE INNER CARTON, REF.-5, TO CREATE A TIGHT FIT. TAPE

AND SEAL THE INNER CONTAINER AS PER CLOSURE METHODS CALLED OUT IN CORRECT LEVEL OF PACKAGING.

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."

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