scope:

PURPOSE.

In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5134.01 (Reference (a)) and pursuant to DoD Instruction 4715.03 (Reference (b)), this manual:

a. Provides procedures to prepare, review, update, and implement INRMPs in compliance with sections 670-670o of Title 16, United States Code (U.S.C.) (also known and referred to in this manual as "the Sikes Act" (Reference (c))).

b. Incorporates and cancels Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment memorandum (Reference (d)) and Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health memorandums (References (e) and (f)).

APPLICABILITY.

This manual:

a. Applies to:

(1) OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities in the DoD (referred to collectively in this manual as the "DoD Components").

(2) All DoD operations, activities, real property, and property interests owned, leased, permitted, and controlled in the United States, including near-shore areas and public lands withdrawn from all forms of appropriation pursuant to public land laws and reserved for use by the DoD, unless the law specifically places responsibilities on another organization.

b. Does not apply to:

(1) Overseas operations and activities outside U.S. territories, possessions and commonwealths.

(2) Civil works projects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and projects that USACE performs for non-DoD entities.