REMEDIAL ACTION WORK PLAN OPERABLE UNIT 2, LANDFILL ...

However, it is expected that any UXO found at the 0U2 landfill have not been fired and
therefore, are not in an armed condition. This assumption is made because there were other
authorized ordnance detonation areas on Fort Ord and reviews of historical records indicate that
only minor dumping, not disposal detonations and artillery impact, occurred at OU2. This
assumption will not apply to other locations, such as artillery impact areas, where most
projectiles encountered have been fired and can be expected to be found in an armed condition.
But UXO found at the OU2 landfill are expected to have been inert or practice ordnance that was
determined by base ordnance personnel to not be worth the trouble of proper disposal procedures.
The condition (fuzeclhmfuzed, armedkmrmed) of each UXO found will be positively conl%rned
by the UXO specialists assigned to the excavation team through the procedures for handling
UXO outlined in Section 3.3.
One IT UXO specialist will be assigned to each excavation team to locate, identi~ and remove
UXO from the excavation sites. This will be accomplished using one of the following methods.
In the first method, the excavator will cast the excavated material spoil to one side of the
excavation. The UXO specialist will then examine the spoil for UXO contamination, after which
a loader will transfer the material to the bed of a dump truck for transport to the receiving area.
The second method involves examination of the excavated material by a UXO technician at the
excavation point while it is being excavated and at the receiving point prior to compaction. In
this case, the material must be spread out on a level surface so that the UXO specialist can easily
examine the material prior to compaction. Both of these methods are subject to on-site review by
the site Corp of Engineers (COE) Safety Specialist for Explosives and Ordnance.
All UXO specialists will be equipped with low-sensitivity magnetometers for use in locating
subsurface ferrous metallic objects. This detection instrument will be used to search the
surrounding area to ensure that no additional UXO are present in the event that a UXO is
uncovered by the excavator and detected by the UXO safety observer. A description of the
technique and instrument to be used is described in Section 3.3.
The UXO specialists will communicate continuously with the excavator operator to stop the
excavation if a suspected UXO is located. When a suspected UXO is located the excavator
operator will immediately place the excavator bucket on the ground, shut down the excavator,
and depart the site to the contamination reduction zone. The UXO specialists will then examine
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