Experience Limited Due to Uniqueness of Site

4 Anomaly Review Board Protocols Excluded Laboratory Equipment Signatures 

New information from the Apex Report indicated that full chemical bottles were buried as well as ordnance. The geophysical investigation with a magnetometer and the anomaly review board protocols looked only for ordnance, not for lead- and silver-lined laboratory equipment or metal hardware that could be a clue to the burial of glass laboratory carboys or smaller containers. In fact, one suspect chemical shipping container was unearthed in the 73 anomalies intrusively investigated. 

Clearly, larger gas cylinders or drums buried or miscellaneous chemical equipment hardware such as stands or clamps could have electronic signatures different from ordnance items. The District of Columbia was concerned that an anomaly review board composed of ordnance experts may miss finding laboratory equipment because it may not have an ordnance signature. The District was of the opinion that the anomaly review board constituted a technical review committee under 10 U.S. Code Section 2705(c) with the right of appropriate state and local citizen representation. 

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