Appendix M: Installation Narrative Summaries - denix

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In 2005, the BRAC Commission recommended Mississippi
Army Ammunition Plant (AAP) for closure. Mississippi AAP is
the only ammunition plant built by the Army after the Korean
Conflict. The War Department used the property previously in
the 1940s as a bombing and gunnery range. From 1969-1980,
Edgewood Arsenal conducted pyrotechnic testing at the Kellar
Test Range. In 1978, the Army obtained an irrevocable 50-year
permit and leased 7,148 acres from NASA to construct and
operate Mississippi AAP on the John C. Stennis Space Center.
In 1980, the U.S. Army Munitions Production Base
Modernization Agency moved the range activities to a more
remote location in order to allow the Kellar Test Range to
continue its operations. In 1990, DoD placed Mississippi AAP
on inactive status and the equipment, and facilities were placed
in layaway. Production ceased in FY92, and DoD made the
plant available to the private sector to provide or produce
commercial services and products through facility-use
contracts. Four amendments have been executed to the
50-year permit with NASA.
In FY93, environmental studies identified 29 solid waste
management units and 1 area of concern. In FY97, the Army
conducted additional studies of these sites. DoD has returned
2,934 acres to NASA. The cleanup progress at Mississippi AAP
for FY03 through FY05 is detailed below.
In FY03, the Army completed the Phase III Range Inventory
and identified two Military Munitions Response Program
(MMRP) sites. NASA completed the remedial investigation (RI)
for the Old Kellar Test Range. The RI indicated that no further
action (NFA) was required and NASA submitted NFA
documentation to the Mississippi Department of Environmental
Quality.
In FY04, NASA installed fencing around the area where it
discovered buried metallic objects.
In FY05, the BRAC Commission recommended closure of
Mississippi AAP.
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The Army initiated an environmental condition of property
(ECP) report. The report includes a review of all operations at
Mississippi AAP.
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The Army identified two additional MMRP sites (the West Bomb
Target and the High Altitude Bomb Target) that were part of the
former Hancock Bombing and Gunnery Range.
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grouped below according to program category.
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0 Complete MMRP site inspections for the Spin
Launch Site and Hancock Bombing and Gunnery
Range targets in FY07.
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