1. DRMS “Bringing Our Service To The Customer” Presented
Directorate of Logistics, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command
NASA Dryden Research Center, Edwards AFB
November 2007

2. SR-71, Disposal Operations Multi-Service, Agency & Contractor Involvement
Edwards Air Force Base
Marine Corp Logistics Base
Defense Logistics Agency
NASA
Air Force Materiel Command
Defense Reut & Mktg Service
NASA Drain/Purge Contract
MCLB Security
Scrap Venture
AFMC Roll-Off Contract
Tri-Rinse Shredder
APCD/DTSC
permits
MCLB Safety
Hw Contractor
AFMC Support Team
MCLB Environmental
SV Roll-Off Contractor
Tri-Rinse Fuel Contractor
DRMS SR-71 Team Coordinating Disposition Efforts
DEMAN Contractor

3. SR-71, Disposal Plan In Progress
May 07
Jun 07
Jul 07
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Sep 07
Oct 07
Nov 07
Dec 07
AFMC/A4SM (SR-71 Project officer) and DRMS Program Manager conducted a preliminary site visit 21 May – 21 June. AFMC/DRMS teamed to initiate disposal action for NON Sensitive “H” conditioned support equipment. DRMS contractor mutilated on site, witnessed by DRMS and removed 192,000 lbs of residue.
AFMC/DRMS staff on site segregating SR-71 parts by disposal method/process Continue improving disposal process
Identified, segregated and consolidate electronic equipment, components, test sets, and circuit cards for shipment on DEMAN task orders. Successfully shipped 132,760 lbs to date. Final DEMAN task order for approx. 25,000 lbs scheduled for shipment Nov 10th
AFMC/DRMS/SV workforce on site to uncrate, segregate and stage property eligible for shredding
Tri-Rinse Shredding start date Sept 29th
Identified asbestos containing property, segregated and place on disposal contract for ultimate destruction (burial)
A total of 229,520 lbs of asbestos shipped in (44) Roll-off containers. Receipt, off-load & actual burial witnessed and Certified/Verified by CORs
Identified end items with hazardous constituents, i.e. gas cylinders, support equipment containing fluids. AFMC funded NASA contractor to drain/purge on site.
Utilized Tri-Rinse shear and shredding process to dispose of end items as scrap

4. SR-71, Disposal Plan Mutilation Process In Action
Shear with 17K lbs pressure
Large shredder crane feed
Small shredder manually feed
All (3) operating simultaneously

5. SR-71, Asbestos Disposal Plan Complete
CORs observed receipt/off-load
Asbestos loaded for departure
CORs Witness Burial Process
Certified/verified destruction by burial

6. SR-71, Disposal Plan Challenge & Solution
Challenge - During the first hour of full operations the main shredder experienced a hydraulic leak
The loss of hydraulic pressure immediately shut down the entire system.
One of the hydraulic hoses separated from the coupling and resulted in the release of approx gallons of hydraulic fluid
Solution - The spill was immediately isolated, contained, and cleaned up by the Tri-Rinse staff in accordance with the provisions of their contract
The spilled hydraulic fluid was contained on the rubber containment mats under the shredder and with the addition of absorbent and absorbent pillows
The contaminated absorbent was place on a DRMS HW disposal contract & removed

7. SR-71, Disposal Plan Challenge & Solution
Challenge - During the shredding process we experienced a fire that was caused by hot metal mixed with the shredded wooden boxes, crates & packing materials
Smoke was immediately detected by the operator and a DRMS employee monitoring the operation
Attempts by the SR-71 team to distinguish the smoldering content with fire extinguishers failed
The Fire Department was immediately called and extinguished the fire
Solution – We placed a spotter with a water hose to observe the shredding process and continuously wet down the content as it enters the roll-off

8. SR-71, Disposal Plan Challenge & Solution
Challenge - During the Shearing process, several end items were discovered to contain fluids, i.e. hydraulic fluid, oils etc.
These suspected items were segregated and isolated until sufficient quantities were available to determine best practice to destroy compliantly
Solution - use the shear to crush the end item and allow the fluids to drain over a tub of absorbent
This allowed us to capture the fluids for proper disposal
This slowed our shearing process considerably, but was the best process to maintain environmental compliance

9. SR-71, Disposal Plan Challenge & Solution
Challenge - SR-71 tooling plates – Shear was unable to DEMIL – Torch was unable to cut
Tri-Rinse purchased an Air ARC cutter that is capable, however very labor intensive and time consuming
Solution – The tooling will be shipped to the Tucson CDC for control & destruction

10. SR-71, Disposition Results
The SR-71 team managed the destruction and disposition of 27,502 L/Is in the SR-71 inventory totaling 6.5 million pieces of property
Generating 773,260 lbs of mixed metals recycled through the DRMS scrap venture contract
The SR-71 team shredded 734,480 lbs of small SR-71 parts in their original wooden boxes, crates and packing materials that were land filled. These items were not economically practical or cost effective to remove
De-manufacturing contract was used for the destruction of 157,760 lbs of electronics and electrical components
(843 ea) SR-71 tires totaling 37,780 lbs were shipped to United Tire Removal for recycling
(14 ea) J-58 engines totaling 119,000 lbs were shipped to Tucson CDC for demilitarization

11. SR-71, Disposition Summary
SR-71 tooling and molding at approx. 100,000 lbs is pending shipment to Tucson CDC for demilitarization
Environmental staff monitored the loading, observed the receipt and off-load at the disposal facility, witnessed and certified/verified the destruction by burial of (44) roll-offs for a total of 229,480 lbs of asbestos property
The SR-71 team successfully shipped, sheared, shredded, buried, recycled, destroyed and disposed of a total of 2,151,760 lbs of SR-71 related property in the past two months

12. SR-71, Disposal Result Before & After

13. SR-71, Disposal Results Before & After

14. SR-71, Disposition Summary
DRMS HQ support was responsive, decisive and demonstrated our commitment to customer service
The SR-71 team utilized DRMS’s full range of services, capabilities, and provided the necessary hands on expertise, oversight in an effort to achieve the desired objective of this project
Our Scrap Venture partner provided manpower to segregate property and roll-off support that sustained our ability to remove the destroyed property
Tri-Rinse’s performance was outstanding. The staff consistently demonstrated their ability to adapt and adjust to the many challenging situations presented throughout this project. Their equipment was effective, efficient and capable of mutilating approx. 95 percent of the property presented for destruction. The property that they were unable to mutilate using the shredder or shear, Tri-Rinse adjusted and was able to acquire additional equipment capable of achieving a satisfactory level of destruction to constitute demilitarization

15. SR-71, Disposition Summary
MCLB Barstow Base Executive Officer provided top cover and valuable support throughout this project, the MCLB Safety office, Security, Fire Department, Industrial Hygienist, Refueling and trash removal support was exceptional
AFMC provided funding for the disposal of the asbestos, supplies and manpower to sort, segregate and remove the majority of the property from the warehouse to the designated locations for processing. The AFMC team coordinated support with NASA, Edwards Air Force Base and was instrumental in the success of this project
NASA provided property expertise, contract support, transportation assistance and partnered with the entire SR-71 team with several tasks throughout completion of this project