The NSF Storage Review will occur here on 09 April 2013. Prep work is going ahead on several fronts: LVEA-West Bay, Y Mid, and X Mid.

-In the West Bay, one section of the western-most pallet rack has been cleared of everything but 3IFO-related items. Items in this rack are currently labelled either for India or 3IFO. (2 pix below) As soon as possible, we will install a gate on this section to create a controlled inventory area. Three Triple Suspensions are stored in the Meat Locker (barrels ratchet strapped to pallets, ratchet handles zip-tied with tamper-evident serial numbered tags). (2 pix below)

-At Y Mid, a series of activities is in progress. TCS Optical Tables were stacked and rotated to create a forklift path through the outer receiving bay. This path will be continue through the middle bay to the VEA. A crane set-down/forklift turn-around area will be marked out in the yellow and black hazard tape: please DO NOT store anything in this stay-clear area. Sixteen(4 chambers-worth) iLIGO external SEI isolation units have been stored in the middle bay and VEA: they are being migrated out to the LVEA where they will be stored until they are installed on H2 HAMs. The OpLev first article test set-up is being removed and the grout pads cleared. Several 3IFO PSL crates have been identified and will be sealed ASAP: several additional PSL-related crates need to be identified. One PSL Chiller crate has been sealed with tamper-evident tape for testing purposes. Two TMS Upper Structure crates have been identified and labeled. One TMS US crate has been sealed with silver serial-numbered tamper-evident tags for testing purposes. Three unidentified crates are in the middle bay along with an electrical rack. The electrical rack needs to be de-populated and Richard will take care of that when convenient. The tentative long-term storage plan calls for all 3IFO storage at Y Mid to be in the VEA and the VEA locks will be changed to provide controlled access.

-At X Mid, a few activities will be under way this week. A forklift path will be cleared from the outer roll-up door through the middle bay to the VEA. A crane set-down/forklift turn-around area will be marked out between the inner roll-up door and the beamtube. The forlift path and the crane set-down area will be marked out in the yellow and black hazard tape: please DO NOT store anything in these stay-clear area. OpLev piers (some coming from other out buildings)will be concentrated to the VEA. Giraffe crates (already in place) and shortie crates will be sealed. The tentative long-term storage plan calls for 3IFO storage to occupy most of X Mid and outer man-door locks will be changed to provide controlled access.

The Apollo crew and I will continue to work on 3IFO LTS issues through 08 April as the opportunity arises.