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On <br /> 1-.���J amort : "TZ ctit�O r V��- �►�dEsr �GAF i��J � st F3 t LA T .. <br /> ' STUDl 2( EPaR71i- C—SC (992 . <br /> Em <br /> Mm EC El I BE aft <br /> 0 CT 2 6 1992 <br /> ENVIR-ONMENTALHEALTH <br /> 1.2.2 SITE HISTORY �' iRH�fi/5tr�biccq <br /> The principal missions at SHARPE have been the storage, shipping, packaging, <br /> and maintenance of general supplies. These tasks have included the furnishing <br /> .a of medical provisions and subsistence during the 1950s and heavy vehicular and <br /> industrial equipment during and subsequent to the Vietnam Conflict. <br /> SHARPE was established in 1941; construction of the major facilities began <br /> during World War II and continued into the post-war period. Additional facilities <br /> w� <br /> were constructed during the Korean and Vietnam Conflicts. Construction is still <br /> in progress, with the addition of the Western Distribution Center (WDC) in 1988. <br /> For most of its existence, the installation has had both supply and maintenance <br /> missions. The supply mission remains active and includes storage, handling, <br /> preservation, packaging, and shipment of general supplies and equipment. The <br /> maintenance mission included repair and reconditioning of both heavy equipment <br /> and aircraft. The heavy-equipment mission began in the late 1940s, and the <br /> aircraft mission was added in 1957. These missions were discontinued in 1976. <br /> The major waste-generating activities from these operations were paint stripping, <br /> metal finishing, and painting. Other activities included engine overhauls, <br /> hydraulic and electric repairs, airframe and body work, and component repair <br /> and reconditioning. Since 1976, the maintenance mission has included only.:::. . . <br /> maintenance of installation facilities and vehicles used in performing the supply. <br /> tmssion. _. . . <br /> 1-6 <br />