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1 army Regulation 385 ArmyExplosivesSafetyProgramHeadquartersD epartment of the ArmyWashington, DC28 November 97 UNCLASSIFIEDSUMMARY of CHANGEAR 385 army Explosives Safety ProgramThis revision--o Establishes an Executive Director for Explosives Safety (para 1-4c).o Establishes the army Technical Center for Explosive Safety to providetechnical services for the army (para 1-4c).o Establishes a Fuze Safety Board (para 1-4e).o Establishes the Department of the army Explosives Safety Council (para 2-1a).o Describes coordination between the Department of the army and the Departmentof Defense Explosives Safety Board (paras 3-1 and 3-2).

2 O Provides contractor Safety requirements for ammunition and Explosives (para4-2).o Provides guidelines for transportation (paras 5-1, 5-2, and 5-3).o Provides guidelines for site plans and licensing (paras 6-2, 6-3, and 6-4).o Establishes requirements for waivers, exemptions, and certificates ofcompelling reasons (paras 7-2, 7-3, and 7-4).o Provides guidance for the remediation of active and Formerly Used DefenseSites contaminated with ammunition and Explosives (chap 8).HeadquartersDepartment of the ArmyWashington, DC28 November army Explosives Safety Program * army Regulation 385 64 Effective 31 December 1997 History.

3 This is a complete revision of AR3 8 5 - 6 4 , A m m u n i t i o n a n d E x p l o s i v e s S a f e t u m m a r y . T h i s r e g u l a t i o n p r o v i d e s f o r c eprotection guidance for commanders with anammunition or Explosives mission. It sets ex-plosives Safety standards to protect militaryand civilian army employees, the public, andthe environment. It is to be used with DAP a m 3 8 5 - 6 4 . I t i m p l e m e n t s D O D 6 0 5 5 . 9 STD. This regulation establishes the Depart-ment of the army Explosives Safety Council(DAESC). It also sets forth procedures fortransporting ammunition or Explosives overthe public This regulation applies to thea c t i v e A r m y , t h e A r m y N a t i o n a l G u a r d( A R N G ) , a n d t h e U.

4 S . A r m y R e s e r v e(USAR), Government owned, contractor op-erated (GOCO) facilities, and contractor op-e r a t i o n s o n G o v e r n m e n t p r o p e r t y . I t a l s oapplies to owned ammunition and ex-plosives stored in or by a host r o p o n e n t a n d e x c e p t i o n a u t h o r i t y .The proponent of this regulation is the Chiefof Staff, army . The proponent has the au-thority to approve exceptions to this regula-tion that are consistent with controlling lawand regulation. Proponents may delegate ap-p r o v a l a u t h o r i t y , i n w r i t i n g , t o a d i v i s i o nchief under their supervision within the pro-ponent agency who holds the grade of colo-nel or civilian r m y m a n a g e m e n t c o n t r o l p r o c e s s.

5 This regulation is subject to the requirementsof AR 11-2. It contains internal control pro-visions but does not contain checklists forconducting internal control Supplementation of thisr e g u l a t i o n a n d e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f c o m m a n dand local forms is prohibited without priorapproval from HQDA army Safety Office(DACS-SF), 200 army Pentagon, Washing-ton, DC Improvements. Users are in-vited to send comments and suggestions fori m p r o v e m e n t o n D A F o r m 2 0 2 8 ( R e c o m -mended Changes to Publications and BlankF o r m s ) t o H Q D A A r m y S a f e t y O f f i c e ,DACS-SF, 200 army Pentagon, Washington,DC Distribution of this publica-tion is made in accordance with the require-ments of Initial Distribution Number (IDN)092522, intended for command level A forActive army , ARNG, and (Listed by paragraph and page number)

6 Chapter 1 General, page1 Purpose 1 1, page1 References 1 2, page1 Explanation of abbreviations and terms 1 3, page1 Responsibilities 1 4, page1 Policy and goal 1 5, page2 Chapter 2 Department of the army Explosives Safety Council, page2 Objectives 2 1, page2 Composition 2 2, page2 Procedures 2 3, page3 Chapter 3 Coordination with the Department of Defense ExplosivesSafety Board, page3 Relationship with the army 3 1, page3 Functions of the Board 3 2, page3 army relationship to the Board 3 3, page3 Explosives Safety surveys and consultation 3 4, page3 Site survey reports 3 5, page4 Reports of accidents and investigations 3 6, page4 Chapter 4 Contractor Safety Requirements for Ammunition andExplosives, page4 Background 4 1, page4 Contracting officer 4 2, page4 Chapter 5 Transportation, page4 General requirements 5 1, page4 Hazard classification 5 2, page4 Prohibited shipments 5 3, page5 Chapter 6 Site Plans and Licensing, page5 Background 6 1, page5 Site plans 6 2, page5 Explosives licensing policy 6 3, page5 Explosives licensing procedures 6 4, page5 Chapter 7 Waivers, Exemptions.

7 And Certificates of CompellingReasons, page5 Goal 7 1, page5*This regulation supersedes AR 385-26, 10 October 1967; AR 385-60, 1 January 1982; AR 385-64, 22 May 1987; and AR 385-65, 15 April 385 64 28 November 1997 iUNCLASSIFIEDC ontents ContinuedGeneral information 7 2, page 5 Requests for waivers, exemptions, and Certificates of CompellingReason 7 3, page 6 Required information 7 4, page 6 Submission procedures 7 5, page 6 Approval authority for waivers and exemptions 7 6, page 6 Reviews and renewals 7 7, page 6 Cancellation 7 8, page 7 Waivers, exemptions, or CCRS affecting tenant units 7 9.

8 Page 7 Assistance 7 10, page 7 Chapter 8 Real Property Contaminated with Ammunition andExplosives, page , page for completing DA Form 7319 R, page 9 Table ListTable 7 1: Waiver and exemption approval authorities, page 6 Figure ListFigure 7 1: Decision Authority Matrix, page 7 GlossaryIndexiiAR 385 64 28 November 97 Chapter 1 General1 1. Purposea. This regulation provides force protection guidance for com-manders with an ammunition and/or Explosives mission. It sets ex-plosives Safety standards to protect soldiers, civilian employees,family members, contractors, the general public, and the environ-ment.

9 This regulation prescribes Department of the army (DA) Safety policy, standards, responsibilities, and procedures for im-p l e m e n t i n g a n d m a i n t a i n i n g t h e U . S . A r m y E x p l o s i v e s S a f e t The Explosives Safety standards prescribed in DA Pam 385 64will be used together with this Explosives storage must conform with Department of Defense(DOD) and army standards for Explosives Safety unless the use ofother criteria (such as those of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-tion (NATO) or host nation have been agreed to or are copy of all agreements will be made a permanent part of the realproperty This regulation applies to ammunition and Explosives duringpeacetime, wartime, contingency operations, training, exercises, andresearch, development, testing and evaluation (RDTE).)

10 1 2. ReferencesRequired and related publications and prescribed and referencedforms are listed in appendix 3. Explanation of abbreviations and termsAbbreviations and special terms used in this regulation are ex-plained in the 4. Responsibilitiesa. The Assistant Secretary of the army (Installations, Logistics,and Environment (ASA(IL&E)), establishes overall army policy toensure compliance with applicable Safety , environmental, and oc-cupational health laws and The Assistant Secretary of the army (Research, Development,and Acquisition)[ASA(RD&A)] oversees the materiel acquisitionmanagement of the army Industrial Safety Program for The Director of army Safety (DASAF), Office of the Chief ofStaff, army (OCSA))