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Reference (b) requires that all naval activities develop written procedures prior starting any operation involving ammunition or explosives. No process involving explosives will take place without approved, documented procedures. This instruction provides a standard for writing SOPs. SOPs are not intended o substitute for Ordnance Pamphlets (OPs) or other technical documentation but, to encompass that documentation and provide that direction, specific to the site where the operations are performed which allows the process to be safely accomplished. An SOP may be written to allow for changes within the process as long as the safety and technical requirements of the process are accomplished. This instruction applies at naval ordnance and weapon stations and other Naval and Marine Corps activities where explosives or ordnance are manufactured, handled, or stored. It applies whether the work is performed by Navy cr contractor personnel a Government owned activity or by Navy personnel at other activities and includes the following processes:

a. Recurring processing of expendable (non-nuclear) ordnance and/or their components intended for Fleet issue. This includes the processing of parts or ingredients intended to be used in the all-up-round or components.

b. Recurring or non-recurring processes involving detonation of bulk explosives such as quarrying, mining, and training ranges.

c. Recurring or non-recurring processes performed on ordnance or explosives for purposes of research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E).

d. Recurring or non-recurring processes involving the testing of explosives, components, or ammunition.

e. Demilitarization or disposal, including explosive scrap disposal operations of any type.

f. Recurring processes involving handling, transport, and storage of ordnance or explosives.

g. Non-emergency explosive ordnance disposal.

h. Training involving live ordnance.

The following processes are exempt from the specific provisions of this instruction but remain subject to the requirements of reference (b): emergency explosive ordnance disposal performed by EOD personnel, expendable ordnance processing performed by the operating forces aboard ship, deployed afield or performed at the squadron level aboard naval or Marine Corps air stations.