Lenexa, Kansas General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems - Munitions Services has agreed to pay $580,135 to settle alleged violations involving the disposal of wastes including explosives wastes at its Joplin- area facility in southwest Missouri. The alleged EPA violations include operating a thermal treatment unit incinerator without a valid permit and exceeding emission limits for several types of toxins. The company has reportedly updated their operations and incinerator as a result of the alleged violations.

Eglin AFB, Florida A groundbreaking ceremony was held at the Naval School EOD to mark the start of a construction project to expand the school's infrastructure. The school has long outgrown its three buildings as it now trains over 2,000 students per year from all Services (Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force).

The school currently uses trailers and has also turned the dining hall into a part-time classroom to accommodate EOD training. The $21M project will add two new buildings and expand the dining hall to the school. The new buildings will add 15 classrooms and provide state-of-the-art technology and security.

Seventy-one years ago today, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Many brave men and women lost their lives in an infamous attack that not only destroyed a large portion of the US Naval Fleet, but also left behind a trail of dangerous UXO.

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Valley County, Montana A Maelstrom Air Force Base EOD team was called to the scene of a crash involving two semitrailers which closed Highway 2 in Valley County for more than 12 hours. The clean up was complicated by the fact that one of the semis was carrying unidentified military ordnance. Traffic was detoured around a one-mile safety zone. No serious injuries were reported.