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Station EOD responds to SDPD's call

20 Apr 2001 | Sgt. Stephen A. Davis Marine Corps Air Station Miramar-EMS

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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. -- Marines are renowned for answering the call when needed, and the air station's ordnance specialist did just that to resolve a potentially explosive situation this week.

The San Diego Police Department's Metro Arson Strike Team called upon MCAS Miramar's Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit Monday afternoon when an artillery shell was inexplicably discovered at a downtown construction site.

According to Chief Warrant Officer 4 Mongo Klabenes, Miramar's EOD officer, the 155mm artillery shell was manufactured in 1954. However, the shell's external markings were obscured by rust and time, which made positively identifying its contents impossible without assistance.

An Army technical unit based at Tooele Army Depot, Utah, arrived Thursday afternoon to assist air station officials to further analyze the ordnance. Initial testing to determine the shell's contents is scheduled to take place today. Once the test results have been determined, the Army technical unit will submit recommendations as to where and how the shell should be disposed.

POLICY

The most important starting point for an EMS* is the development of an environmental policy. ISO14001 requires local governments to implement their own environmental policy. The environmental policy acts as a basis for the environmental management system.

PLANNING

ISO14001 requires that an environmental management system is planned properly. It requires the organization to consider the following carefully: Environmental Aspects; Legal and Other Aspects; Objectives and Targets; and an Environmental Management Program.

IMPLEMENTATION

The two requirements for implementation of an EMS is to define, document, and communicate roles, responsibilities and authorities, and to allocate the resources needed to implement and control the EMS.

CHECKING

The key requirement in this EMS step is to regularly monitor and measure key characteristics of activities and operations that could have a significant impact on the environment. Changes to EMS procedures may become necessary in order to deal with nonconformances with the EMS, with mitigating environmental impacts, or corrective and preventive action.

REVIEW

The management review process ensure that information is collected to enable management to carry out proper review. Top management review the need for changes to policy, objectives and targets, and ensure that a commitment to continual improvement is being demonstrated.

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