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19 <br /> decision to use the air-curtain subcontractor <br /> destructors helped with the receive <br /> - <br /> 9 oin 9 eff 0 rts to Quality <br /> Laboratory's s on <br /> stimulate t I <br /> u at <br /> e bu i <br /> sn <br /> e <br /> ss activity ty <br /> in Northern h e rn M ex <br /> i <br /> co Awards r <br /> ds <br /> New Mexico.co The eL <br /> Laboratory oa ry as <br /> to h <br /> entered to <br /> ed in t <br /> 0 a <br /> contract t <br /> act wi <br /> h Anvil t RL <br /> abo r a <br /> torn <br /> Welding Enterprises ses <br /> of Hernandez, <br /> scientist <br /> i <br /> st <br /> N.M., f <br /> or wood d b rni <br /> u n <br /> n dr <br /> al a <br /> related receives <br /> 9 <br /> services e i <br /> ces <br /> associated <br /> with wildfire <br /> e <br /> r i <br /> P <br /> est i <br /> ous <br /> mi ' <br /> ti i <br /> at n - <br /> o ac activities.t i <br /> t es Th <br /> The <br /> e e r nuclear <br /> I r <br /> 9 <br /> Y , <br /> uc ea <br /> renewable w <br /> e abl <br /> e con <br /> tr <br /> act with Anvil <br /> W <br /> Welding P cs n h si <br /> w <br /> Y <br /> award <br /> d <br /> Enterprises n <br /> ses i <br /> s worth <br /> h <br /> approximately <br /> xi <br /> m at <br /> e <br /> I <br /> Y <br /> 1 <br /> million.6 illy n <br /> o . <br /> R <br /> $ Santa's <br /> s <br /> sleigh r <br /> s ih and e <br /> 9 <br /> - <br /> After <br /> the May 2000 00 <br /> Cerro Grande de Fir e surveillance <br /> an <br /> ce <br /> which i burned nearly I <br /> 8 <br /> 000 a <br /> Y , acres of <br /> Laboratory r a <br /> t 0 ryP <br /> pr operty, <br /> Laboratory r <br /> a to ry RWaste <br /> - officials a cce I <br /> accelerated <br /> a n <br /> aggressive <br /> e <br /> p r ] <br /> ect <br /> wildfire t e P <br /> r e <br /> v n ' <br /> n <br /> plan an <br /> tha t includes finishes <br /> e <br /> s <br /> h <br /> t inni 9 <br /> n thousands t ous <br /> s <br /> of acres o <br /> ac f <br /> r m i <br /> ca II <br /> da a <br /> t <br /> - <br /> Laboratory property. Th e <br /> areas are under <br /> budu <br /> 9 et <br /> - <br /> badly <br /> overgrown w <br /> n a n <br /> d rif e <br /> with <br /> a n d f a <br /> r a h <br /> ahead <br /> so-called II <br /> ladder <br /> f <br /> e a d <br /> d e fuels, which w f <br /> c allow o o schedule <br /> e <br /> flames a st o reach tree e ea canopies <br /> an <br /> d <br /> create dangerous er <br /> o us "crown-fire"o wn- <br /> fi r e P. Los Alamos <br /> conditions. <br /> led ed o' <br /> ect <br /> n <br /> co t i nue <br /> s to <br /> Crews h v <br /> a e thinned <br /> numerous <br /> tre es recover <br /> - - <br /> shrubs an <br /> and other v <br /> e <br /> 9 <br /> et at i <br /> on in radioactive <br /> e <br /> accordance cor d ace wi th h <br /> t e wildfire fir <br /> d e sourc s <br /> e <br /> plan.n. AI <br /> a large e <br /> prevention <br /> to <br /> - <br /> 9 <br /> _ -- - w <br /> ood from m the se thinning n 9 <br /> efforts s r e m in sat Technical <br /> - - - <br /> Area a 1 6 so crews s will <br /> begin using new burners rs in <br /> th at a r ea first while thinning <br /> efforts cocontinue a tother <br /> - <br /> areas o f the Laboratory. <br /> t <br /> 0 <br /> ry. <br /> Onc e crews r finish ni h <br /> c s burning n n downed n I <br /> o ed wood and slash from <br /> 9 d <br /> - t h TA-16 6a rea they will <br /> move <br /> to other areas to <br /> dispose of thinned trees an d slash. Unde r the u rr e n <br /> t <br /> - - <br /> operating 9 plan, <br /> crews s will begin stoking up burners <br /> ers <br /> - the- - - <br /> a n <br /> d will cont in ue operating at <br /> in 9 th <br /> em <br /> -- <br /> non-stop s to P for the entire day, i f possible. Burning <br /> operations <br /> n <br /> s ma <br /> Y <br /> be suspended duetou n f a v <br /> unfavorable <br /> - <br /> weather r r operational <br /> conditions.on . B eca use o f <br /> the <br /> configuration <br /> and operational e r at i n al na tor e o <br /> fth e burning rnin <br /> 9- <br /> m a c hin es crews <br /> c can curtail combustion <br /> n <br /> quickly if <br /> 2 of 3 1/31/2002 10:53 AM <br />