FINAL SITE INSPECTION REPORT

377378379380381382383384385386387388389390391392393394395396397398399400401402403404405406407408409410exception to this is Target No. 2 which is used entirely for agricultural purposes and does not fitthe definition of an IEP. Portions of the ranges and other areas of interest at the Boardman AFRaddressed by this SI are used for agricultural and industrial purposes as well as a wildlifemanagement area for the protection of the Washington Ground Squirrel by The NatureConservancy under a multi-species candidate conservation agreement (Figure 2-6). TheWashington Ground squirrel is a state listed endangered species and a federal candidate species.Portions of Boardman AFR are within the Threemile Canyon Farms Multi-Species CandidateConservation Agreement with Assurances area created by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service incooperation with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, The Nature Conservancy, andPGE. The agreement contains a strategy for managing lands used by the Washington GroundSquirrel and to preclude the need to federally list the species as threatened or endangered. Theselands are managed by The Nature Conservancy and are shown on Figure 2-6.2.5 Previous Investigations for MC and MECDuring the ASR site visit, MD was reported within Target No. 2, Carty Reservoir Bomb Target,and INPR Site No. 1. A range clearance was reportedly completed in the 1954-1955 timeframe(USACE, 1997, Appendix I).MEC has been reported recently as March 2006 at Target No. 2 AOC. These reports were madefollowing the discovery of six AN-M57 General Purpose (GP) practice bombs (capable ofdetonating) at a local recycler. These six bombs and fifteen additional AN-M57 GP practicebombs recovered from a pile accumulated from Target No. 2 were detonated by a Navyexplosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team at the nearby Navy Bombing Range. According toreports from the Navy EOD the bombs were training bombs. The bombs had been gathered fromagricultural fields and placed in a pile by the agricultural workers.MEC and MD were reported to the Oregon State Police in the June 2006 at Demolition Area No.2. The MEC and MD consisted of an M83 Butterfly Bomb, M66 or M68 Base Detonating Fuzefor 75-mm or 90-mm projectiles, and a 100-lb GP Bomb base plate. The Oregon State PoliceBomb Squad destroyed these munitions.2.5.1 Archives Search ReportThe USACE completed an ASR in 1997, which compiled available information for the formerBoardman AFR with emphasis on types and areas of ordnance use and disposal (USACE, 1997).2.5.2 ASR SupplementThe USACE completed an ASR Supplement in 2004 identified specific ranges (Target No. 1,Target No. 2, Carty Reservoir Bomb Target, and Range Complex No. 1 [INPR Site No. 1,Demolition Area, and Turret Gunnery Training Range]) (USACE, 2004b).Boardman AFR Final SI Report.doc 2-5 Contract No. W912DY-04-D-0010 Delivery Order No. 003September 2007