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March 1998 2 4 5 TA and Facilities Descriptions 4.47.2.1 Facility Hazard Categories Table 4-29 identifies the facilities at TA-72 that fall into a facility hazard category because of the type of operations performed in the facility. 4.47.2.1.1 Nuclear Facility Hazard Categories No buildings at TA-72 are categorized as nuclear facilities. 4.47.2.1.2 Non-Nuclear Facility Hazard Categories 4.47.2.1.2.1 Building Categorized M/CHEM Building 3, a well chlorination station (Figure 4-47, Sheet 2), is categorized as M/CHEM because of the presence of chlorine gas. 4.47.2.1.2.2 Buildings Categorized L/ENS Two areas of the firing range, Pistol Range 3 and Rifle Range 4 (Figure 4-47, Sheet 1), are categorized L/ENS because of the presence and firing of small arms ammunition. Firing Range 3, the pistol range, is used to conduct DOE handgun qualification courses and M-16 and submachine gun qualifications. The primary purpose of Rifle Range 4 is training in the use of M-16 and M-60 machine guns. These two buildings are categorized L/ENS because of the presence of activation products. 4.47.2.2 Nonhazardous Facilities The administrative and training area includes the Administrative/Training Building (Building 39), which houses offices and a classroom, and two small storage and target maintenance buildings (Buildings 13 and 14). No ammunition is stored in this area. The Skeet Range (Buildings 15 and 16) consists of two cinder block target houses connected by an asphalt walkway. This range has been inactive since 1991. The training tower (Building 41) houses the observation and control room, a target storage and maintenance room, a training room, and a rappelling platform. Bullet impact berms are located at the rear of each range except the skeet range. Their purpose is to capture projectiles after they have passed through the target area to ensure a minimum ricochet hazard and effective containment of lead in spent projectiles. A sandbagged, aboveground am- March 1998 2 4 6 TA and Facilities Descriptions munition storage magazine is located southwest of Building 13, which is used to store limited quantities of ammunition to support training operations at the Live Firing Range. Firing Ranges 1 and 2 are used for training the Special Response Team and ground-level target training and practice. A wood frame canopy at the rear of Range 2 covers a bench used for weapons cleaning. Although these facilities are considered to be nonhazardous from the standpoint that there are no unusual hazards that the public would not encounter at a similar operation, anywhere firearms are used should be considered a potentially hazardous location. The range is behind a security fence, and access is strictly controlled, especially when the range is in use.   ©2004 lasg.org