Naval Construction Battalion Center

Studies on the penetration of the herbicides and on the microbial content of the samples were conducted at both the Naval Construction Battalion Center and Johnston Island. The results of these studies have been described by Young, et. al. 

Herbicide Orange Site Treatment an Environmental Monitoring Summary Report and Recommendations for Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Mississippi." Air Force Technical Report OEHL-TR-79-169. 36p. Document AD-A062... 

Fully and Partially Vented Explosions in Cubicles, Technical Report R828, Civil Engineering Laboratory, Naval Construction Battalion Center, Port Hueneme, Ca., November 1975 (U)... 

Civil Engineering Laboratory, Naval Construction Battalion Center, Port Hueneme, CA 93043... 

In 1970, the Secretaries of Agriculture Health, Education, and Welfare and the Interior jointly announced the suspension of certain uses of 2,4,5-T. Subsequently, the DOD suspended use of Agent Orange. At the time of the suspension, the USAF had a 0.85 million gallon inventory of the herbicide at the Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC) in Gulfport, Mississippi. The 1.37 million gallons in South Vietnam were moved to Johnston Island, Pacific Ocean, in 1972. 

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