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**The Reaper** · 12-03-2012, 22:24

M6 propellant from a company that won a contract to tear it down.

The site is the old Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant that used to package and ship munitions. The plant closed, and they gave most of the post to the LA Army National Guard, renaming it Camp Minden. Some of it was leased to explosives manufacturers, like this company and GOEX powder (who had their own explosion a few years back).

Funny thing is, the company won it as a Small HUB Zone Business in a protest over General Dynamics proposal. IIRC, the bid was for somewhere around $152 million to do the job. GD was $10-15 million higher, but had the ability to do the job properly.

They blew up a bunker back in October, and I think they are in way over their heads. It seems to me that they did something wrong in the bunkers, and had to store the stockpile outdoors after running out of warehouse space. Huge numbers of rail cars still in that facility, probably used to bring the propellant in.

All they need to do to temporarily store it is to break it into smaller quantities and store it far enough apart not to be a hazard. The ratscrew that they have now is NOT safe.

If you look up Doyline, LA on Google Maps, the site is just northwest of the town.

TR

12-03-2012, 22:24	#6
The Reaper Quiet Professional Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Free Pineland Posts: 24,827	M6 propellant from a company that won a contract to tear it down. The site is the old Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant that used to package and ship munitions. The plant closed, and they gave most of the post to the LA Army National Guard, renaming it Camp Minden. Some of it was leased to explosives manufacturers, like this company and GOEX powder (who had their own explosion a few years back). Funny thing is, the company won it as a Small HUB Zone Business in a protest over General Dynamics proposal. IIRC, the bid was for somewhere around $152 million to do the job. GD was $10-15 million higher, but had the ability to do the job properly. They blew up a bunker back in October, and I think they are in way over their heads. It seems to me that they did something wrong in the bunkers, and had to store the stockpile outdoors after running out of warehouse space. Huge numbers of rail cars still in that facility, probably used to bring the propellant in. All they need to do to temporarily store it is to break it into smaller quantities and store it far enough apart not to be a hazard. The ratscrew that they have now is NOT safe. If you look up Doyline, LA on Google Maps, the site is just northwest of the town. TR __________________ "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910 De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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