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o ~1 oY O woo or wad PO eal — To: Washington Field From: Washington nicl? ‘ Re: 279A-WF-222936-USAMRIID, 09/26/2006 activify in suites [——] No dry powder work was observed in Suites or in other locations at USAMRIID. It was believed that this type of work would not go unnoticed. It was mentioned, however, that there was a benchtop SpeedVac in several locations used to dry small quantities of material for analysis.’ Fermentor Identification and tracking of fermentors in place at USAMRIID positive j tifi fermentor as having been in place in Building Room around the time of the anthrax mailings. Additional fermentors of interest have been identified for location, materials used, and operator with an undetermined final disposition date. The fermentors ranged in volume from 150-Liters to 5-Liters.. The two largest fermentors were manufactured by New_Brubgwiick Inc. and were not portable. These could not likely have been used in a discreet manner. The 5-L fermentor also manufactured by New Brunswick was lent to by Bruce Ivins. [mee dindicated the New Brunswick fermentors were likély to predate 2001.7 Further analysis would be required to determine which fermentors were up and running between 09/11/01 and 10/9/2001. Ames Samples Interviews were conducted to determine Ames distributi d and storage as performed by personnel. Within the Division Te ecalie dge that Ba Ames was stored in Suites| | Carli tle al cluttered with flasks and plates containing preparéd media; believed spore solutions of anthrax were stored there as aif Two -70°C freezers were located in the hallways of Suites[ Any researcher with access to the suites had access to sf | freezers and their contents. There were no sign-in/sign-out procedures and it was at the discretion of the individual investigator to control the dissemination of their materials. In interview _—|stated that did not remember signing an aper work in_order to receive Ames samples from Ivins. believed worked with Ba Ames received from worked with Ba Ames from and believed it originate rom .ivins, was uncertain as to whether or not received virulent Ames from Ivins orf ——S_—sS*ds busts. mented it was possible.