C Committee Meetings
The Committee on Smokeless and Black Powder held two information-gathering meetings during which it solicited presentations from various stakeholder groups, including law enforcement, powder user and manufacturer groups, taggant vendors, and detection experts. The committee also received written information from interested parties throughout its term of operation. In addition to holding open meetings, the committee made site visits to relevant manufacturers and law enforcement laboratories, as well as to a propellant distributor. Two meetings of the committee were devoted to analysis of information and writing of the final report.
First Meeting, January 14–16, 1998
Presentations
Charge to the Committee
Hubert E. Wilson, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Washington, D.C.
Bombing Threat from Powder Devices
Gregory A. Carl, Materials and Devices Unit, Explosives Group, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C.
Virginia Experience with Powder Bombings and Taggants
Roger E. Broadbent, Virginia State Police
Security Protocols and Canine Detection of Smokeless Powder
Anthony Cantu and John Hudson, U.S. Secret Service, Washington, D.C.
Muzzle-loading and Black Powder
John A. Miller, National Muzzle-loading Rifle Association
Testimony on Taggants
Tanya K. Metaksa, National Rifle Association, Fairfax, Va.
Arms and Ammunition Manufacturer Issues on Tagging and Detection
James J. Baker, Donald Burton, and Kenneth D. Green, Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute
State of the Art in Explosives Detection
Lyle O. Malotky, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, D.C.
Second Meeting, March 5–6, 1998
Presentations
Manufacturing of Black Powder
Mick Fahringer, Goex, Inc., Doyline, La.
Manufacturing of Smokeless Powders
Antonio Gonzalez, PRIMEX Technologies, St. Marks, Fla.
Inherent Taggants and Bomb Scene Investigations
Richard A. Strobel, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Rockville, Md.
Air-Bag, Cartridge-Actuated Devices/Propellant-Actuated Devices Technologies
J. Scheld, U.S. Navy
History of Tagging
Richard G. Livesay, 3M (retired), St. Paul, Minn.
Taggant Concepts:
Biocode, Inc.
James Rittenburg, Biocode, Inc.
Caribbean Microparticles
Abraham Schwartz, Caribbean Microparticles
Chemical Delivery Systems, Inc.
Victor A. Crainich, Chemical Delivery Systems, Inc.
Innovative Biosystems, Inc.
Keith Stormo, Innovative Biosystems, Inc.
Isotag LLC
D. King Anderson, Isotag LLC
Materials Research Center, University of Missouri, Rolla
Delbert E. Day, Materials Research Center, University of Missouri, Rolla
Mo-Sci Corp.
Delbert E. Day, Materials Research Center, University of Missouri, Rolla
Microtrace, Inc.
William J. Kerns, Microtrace, Inc.
Natura, Inc.
Joel Dulebohn, Natura, Inc.
Tracer Detection Technology Corporation
Jay Fraser, Tracer Detection Technology Corporation
Marking Proposal, Gadolinium-157
Tim Hossain
Third Meeting, May 1–3, 1998
Committee Deliberations
Fourth Meeting, June 15–16, 1998
Committee Deliberations
Subcommittee Site Visits
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March 4, 1998 |
Alliant Techsystems/New River Energetics |
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March 17, 1998 |
PRIMEX Technologies, Inc. |
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March 18, 1998 |
National Rifle Association Headquarters |
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March 19, 1998 |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms National Laboratory Center |
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March 19, 1998 |
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Explosives and Chemistry Units |
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April 22, 1998 |
Goex, Inc. |
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May 22, 1998 |
Winchester Ammunition Plant |
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May 29, 1998 |
Hodgdon Powder Company |
