[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, REGULATION: U.S. EPA issues Munitions Responses Guidelines

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

On July 27, 2010, U.S. EPA's Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse 
Office and Federal Facilities Enforcement Office issued "Munitions 
Response Guidelines."



"These Guidelines provide a framework to EPA Regional Offices overseeing 
responses involving munitions and explosives of concern (MEC) and 
munitions constituents (MC) at locations other than operational ranges 
where explosive hazards or environmental contamination are known or 
suspected to be present. These Guidelines build on the joint Department 
of Defense (DoD)/EPA Interim Final Management Principles for 
Implementing Response Actions at Closed, Transferring, and Transferred 
(CTT) Ranges ("DoD/EPA UXO Principles"), signed March 7, 2000. For the 
most part, these Guidelines address situations where a DoD Component, 
(e.g., the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)) will be conducting the 
munitions response action as the Lead Agency and EPA is responsible for 
regulatory oversight. These Guidelines may also be relevant when EPA or 
other federal agencies have the lead. EPA and DoD's military services 
have traditionally worked together effectively at these sites and expect 
continued strong collaboration in the future."

To download the 33-page 446 KB PDF, go to
http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/documents/docs/munitions_response_guidelines.pdf

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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