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{{For|the differing FUDS for "Peter Kiewit Sons Co" (COD060613403)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition&blobheadername2=Content-Type&blobheadervalue1=inline%3B+filename%3D%22Hazardous+Waste+Facility+Notifiers+-+listed+by+EPA+ID+%23.pdf%22&blobheadervalue2=application%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1251853738282&ssbinary=true |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626171536/http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition&blobheadername2=Content-Type&blobheadervalue1=inline%3B+filename%3D%22Hazardous+Waste+Facility+Notifiers+-+listed+by+EPA+ID+%23.pdf%22&blobheadervalue2=application%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1251853738282&ssbinary=true |archive-date=2013-06-26 |dead-url=yes |df=}}</ref> at a different Colorado location from the namesake Air Force Plant (as in ''1965 United States v. Peter Kiewit Sons' Co.'', 45 F. 2d 879{{r|AF000230}}) |List of Superfund sites in Colorado}}

'''[[List of United States Air Force plants|Air Force Plant]] Peter J. Kiewit and Sons''' (AFP PJKS,<ref>http://www.smithcollaboration.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/AFCEE-MS-Tier-II-Mtg-Jun12.pdf{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> AFP #79)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airforcebase.net/usaf/afp_list.html|title=Scott's List of Air Force Plants}}</ref> is a [[Formerly Used Defense Site]] (CO7570090038) at the [[Colorado Front Range]] and used during the [[Cold War]] (1957-1968) to provide "rocket assembly, engine testing, and research and development"{{r|AF000230}}) for the [[Titan missile|Titan]] [[Lowry Bombing and Gunnery Range#Missile complexes|missile complexes southeast of Denver]] (construction began April 1959).  The {{Convert|464|acre|ha|abbr=on}} of former "Martin Missile Test Site 1"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/administration_and_Management/admin_matters/192.pdf|title=ALERT|publisher=dod.mil|access-date=2013-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712234250/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/administration_and_Management/admin_matters/192.pdf|archive-date=2013-07-12|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref> was "deeded" to the USAF in 1957, was subsequently operated by the builder (Glenn L. Martin Company), was listed on the EPA's [[National Priorities List]] on November 21, 1989; and remained USAF property until transferred to Lockheed Martin in February 2001.<ref name=AF000230>{{Cite report|title=title tbd |url=http://www.epa.gov/region8/superfund/co/airforce/AF-000230_ProposedPlanRev3_final.pdf |type=proposed plan |publisher=Environmental Protection Agency |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205102600/http://www.epa.gov/region8/superfund/co/airforce/AF-000230_ProposedPlanRev3_final.pdf |archivedate=2012-12-05}}</ref>  The site is used by, and entirely within, the secure Lockheed Martin/[[United Launch Alliance]] [[Waterton Canyon]] facility of {{Convert|5200|acre|ha|abbr=on}}{{r|AF000230}} that produces [[Titan IV]] launch vehicles and the [[GPS III]] space vehicles.  Entirely within the East Fork Brush Creek watershed,<ref>{{Cite report |last=Parsons |year=1999 |title=title [[tbd]]}} (cited by EPA AF-000230_ProposedPlanRev3_final.pdf)</ref> the former USAF firearms ranges used by PJKS military police remains along the creek, is managed by the Skyline Hunting and Fishing Club,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gvtg.com/skyline/|title=Skyline Hunting & Fishing Club}}</ref> and is used for periodic Jefferson County police and local Boy Scout training.

[[HGM-25A Titan I]] ICBMs were liquid-fueled rockets using LOX/RP-1 propellant which required the missiles to periodically be removed from the launch silos for servicing.  Environmental sites at PJKS include 59 within six [[operable unit]]s (e.g., OU1, OU4, & OU6), and there are six areas of concern (12 of 14 underground tanks have been removed).  Groundwater contaminants include [[trichloroethene]] (TCE), [[hydrazine]], [[vinyl chloride]], benzene, and [[nitrate]].  In fiscal year 1996, "technical work groups were formed with EPA, the State of Colorado, USGS, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to support RI site characterization and risk assessment."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.denix.osd.mil/arc/upload/AppenA_Airforce_Comb.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017085235/https://www.denix.osd.mil/arc/upload/AppenA_Airforce_Comb.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-17 |dead-url=yes |df=}}</ref>

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