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CONSTRUCTION NOTICES:

NOTE: THE ABOVE POP MARKINGS

ARE FOR DOD USE ONLY.

DO NOT USE STAPLES FOR ASSEMBLY

OF WOODEN CONTAINERS.

MINIMUM OF 3/8 PLYWOOD MUST BE

USED FOR CONSTRUCTION

CONTROLLED BY: 406 SCMS

CONTROLLED BY: GULAA-HILL AFB

CONTROLLED BY: CUI/SP-CTI

DISTRIBUTION/DISSEMINATION CONTROL: FEDCON

POC: [email protected]

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MUNITION 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: SEE SPIRES FOR A COMPLETE LISTING OF NSN's ASSIGNED TO THIS SPI. NOTICE 3: THIS SPI IS NOT AUTHORIZED FOR USE WITHOUT PROPER HAZARD CLASSIFICATION. UNLESS A FINAL HAZARD CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN ISSUED, A COPY OF THE VALID INTERIM HAZARD CLASSIFICATION LETTER ALONG WITH DOT SP 15448 MUST ACCOMPANY EACH SHIPMENT.

I NTERNATIONAL 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."

NOTES

1. COMPLETELY WRAP ITEM IN REF.-6 LAY WRAPPED ITEM ON PLYWOOD STIFFENER, REF.-5, USING ITEM TIES, REF.-4, TO SECURE ITEM TO STIFFENER.
2. WRAP ITEM AND STIFFENER IN CUSHIONING, REF.-2, AND PLACE IN BARRIER BAG, REF.-3, REMOVE AIR AND SEAL. 3. PUT CUSHIONING, REF.-2, IN SHIPPING CONTAINER. PUT ITEM IN SHIPPING CONTAINER, AND USE CUSHIONING, REF.-2,