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Purpose

This regulation establishes Department of the Army (DA) policies, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for the Army Chemical Surety Program. It is Army policy that chemical surety material in the possession or custody of the Army shall be properly safeguarded against theft, loss, diversion, or unauthorized access or use, and those operations with such materials are conducted in a safe, secure, and reliable manner.

Chemical surety materials subject to the provisions of the Army Chemical Surety Program are listed in chapter 6. The requirements for managing Recovered Chemical Warfare Material (RCWM) are outside of the Army's Chemical Surety Program, and are the responsibility of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations and Environment) (ASA(I&E)).

This regulation provides policy for several different types of chemical surety missions: demilitarization; transportation; storage; research, development, test and evaluation (RDTE); and training. Many of the program requirements are the same regardless of the mission. However, where requirements differ they will be specifically identified.

Applicability.

This regulation applies to the Active Army, Army National Guard/ Army National Guardofthe United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve, unless otherwise stated.