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DOD TACTICAL HERBICIDE SITESSite 15Location: Middleport, New YorkDate May – September 1965, July 1966Activity Description: Under a January 1965 contract with the US ArmyBiological Laboratories, Fort Detrick, Maryland, FMC Corporation conducted studies inan attempt to improve the herbicidal properties of the Herbicide Purple and HerbicideOrange formulations. Field plots of “several acres” were identified near the NiagaraChemical Division, FMC Corporation Facilities in Middleport, New York.Assessment: Various esters (n-butyl, iso-butyl, iso-octyl) formulations of 2,4-D and2,4,5-T were mixed in “suspensions “ with auxiliary herbicides (e.g., dalapon,diuron,atrazine, ammonium thiocyanate, aminotriazole, and cacoylic acid) and evaluated forstability and phytotoxicity. Individual plots, dominated by deciduous brush, were sevenfeet square and a specified volumes equal to rates of 1 to 3 gallons per acre wereadministered by use of a spray gun. Five replications of each rate was tested, andobservations taken throughout the seasons in 1965 and 1966. The two tactical herbicidesPurple and Orange were provided by the Army Biological Laboratories, Fort Detrick,while the auxiliary herbicides were obtained from commercial sources. The researchersinvolved in the mixing of formulations and in the various tests were employees of theFMC Corporation.Source: Willard JR (1967): Herbicidal Formulations of Enhanced Efficacy forDefoliation: Final Report. Prepared for the US Army Biological Laboratories, FortDetrick, Frederick, Maryland, by the Niagara Chemical Division, FMC Corporation,Middleport, New York.36
DOD TACTICAL HERBICIDE SITESSite 16Location: Preston, MarylandDate October 1967Activity Description: Under a contract with the Air Force ArmamentLaboratory, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, the Tidewater AG Systems Company wastasked with developing new spray nozzles for the UC-123B Internal Modular SpraySystem. The purpose of the visit to the Tidewater AG Systems Facilities in Preston,Maryland, was to evaluate the new spray nozzle for potential use on the A/A 45Y-1Spray System used in Operation RANCH HAND.Assessment: A crop dusting aircraft was outfitted with the AG nozzles and flown atan altitude of approximately 20 feet above ground level, and at an estimated 95 mph airspeed. The Orange Herbicide was mixed with kerosene and was sprayed over a line ofkromekote cards spaced at two-foot intervals for two hundred feet. The droplet size wasestimated to be 100 microns. The evaluation was observed on-site by the military andcivilian representatives to the Defoliant/Anticrop Subcommittee of the JTCG TechnicalCoordinating Group. Three employees of the Tidewater AG Systems Companyparticipated in the test and evaluation.Source: Reynard KA (9 October 1967): Trip Report, Preston, Maryland and FortDetrick, Maryland. Biological Branch, Bio-Chemical Division, Air Force ArmamentLaboratory, Eglin AFB, Florida.37
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