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Pursuant to Section 313 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 and in accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5124.02 and the April 10, 2019 Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandum, and guidance in DoD Instruction (DoDI) 6055.01, this issuance establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and establishes procedures for assessing significant long-term health risks from past environmental exposures to military personnel and civilian individuals from living or working on military installations. When and under what circumstances public health assessments are to be requested from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in connection with environmental contamination at military installations and tracking and documenting the status and nature of responses to the findings and recommendations of such assessments are addressed in other DoD issuances and in separate guidance.