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The Monite Explosives Factory site is located along a canal and adjacent to homes in Sparks, Nevada (Figure 1). The site is on public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management's Carson City District. BLM initiated cleanup of the site after determining that the site posed an imminent threat to human health and the environment and that no parties responsible for contamination of the site existed. This report was prepared to provide information that could assist cleanup of similar sites in the future and to compare the original statement of work versus the modifications made during the actual cleanup. The report also provides a summary report to Washoe County and other interested parties.