Felixstowe, United Kingdom Construction workers installing an erosion control and beach protection system along the Suffolk coast uncovered a WWII era unexploded German Bomb during recent excavations. Hundreds of homes were evacuated as Royal Navy Bomb Disposal experts devised a plan to deal with the bomb estimated to weigh 1,000 pounds. The plan was a simple, attach the bomb to a floating frame and tow it two miles out to sea where it could then be safely detonated. The plan would ensure that nearby homes and businesses would not be damaged during the disposal shot.

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Macon, Georgia The U.S. Attorney's Office of Georgia (Middle District) issued a federal indictment to Pyrotechnic Specialties, Inc specifically naming the company, its CEO, and three employees. The charges listed in the indictment included money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the government related to the sale of allegedly faulty pyrotechnic grenades to the FBI.

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Plymstock, United Kingdom A customer at the Tony Hole Marine Boatyard called police when he noticed an old munition underneath a boat. Police rushed to the scene and cordoned off the area and called in a Royal Navy Bomb Disposal unit for support.

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Huntsville, Alabama The USACE released an Interim Guidance Document (IGD) related to Explosive Site Plans (ESP) for Army Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP) projects. The interim guidance establishes the requirement for the submittal of a separate, stand-alone ESP for Army MMRP sites and provides an updated standard format for an ESP.

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Millville, New Jersey Workers at the LaMonica Fine Foods food processing plant on Gorton Road were surprised when they found an old mortar shell mixed in with a shipment of clams they received. New Jersey State Police responded to the call along with technical support from the New Jersey State Bomb Disposal unit.

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Hill AFB, Utah An F-16 pilot accidentally straffed a rental vehicle with its 20mm Gatling-style cannon during a Close Air Support (CAS) exercise on the Utah Test and Training Range Complex. Two soldiers were in the car when the firing occurred but managed to escape with only minor injures.

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Chechnya, Russia A pair of 16-year old teenagers found an unexploded VOG-25 hand grenade. For some unknown reason, the teens decided to put the grenade in a fire to see what would happen. The grenade exploded killing them both in the process.

Oahu' Hawaii The Army plans to spend the next three weeks disposing of 71 WWI and WWII era CWM filled chemical rounds uncovered at Schofield Barracks. The rounds were uncovered between June 2004 and September 2006 when a training range was being cleared for use by the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. The destruction will take place in a portable detonation chamber in a remote area at Schofield Barracks near the training facility known as the "Grenade House".

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Rockaway Township, New Jersey Fragmentation from an artillery shell crashed through the roof of a residential house located approximately .5 miles from Picatinny Arsenal. The 2-pound chunk of metal landed in the bed of a 10-year old girl. Fortunately, the girl was not home at the time of the incident. The girl's mother, who was home when the accident occurred, reportedly heard a load crash in the house. When she investigated, she was surprised to find the piece of molten metal smoldering in her daughter's bed.

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In this 2nd article in a series of articles on the 2007 Annual Defense Environmental Report to Congress, UXOInfo.com analyzes Munitions Sea Disposal Sites. A new appendix to the Annual Report to Congress added in 2006, summary data on munitions sea disposal sites is now included in the report. A comparison of FY2006 data (i.e. Appendix R of the 2006 Report) to FY2007 data (i.e. Appendix S of the FY2007 report) yields some interesting observations. In 2006, DoD reported that 29,401 tons of CWM Munitions were dumped at sea at 19 sites in U.S. Waters. In 2007, DoD reported the total number of sites at 30 and the total amount of CWM munitions disposed at 29,652 tons.

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