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PURPOSE AND SCOPE. This regulation prescribes uniform policies, responsibilities, guidance, and procedures for the development, preparation, publication, and maintenance of storage standards for Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and Coast Guard (CG) managed materiel. These standards are utilized by activities in performing storage surveillance for materiel procured, managed, and stored. The guidelines contained herein provide the principles for quality assurance techniques to be used in determining the condition of materiel upon receipt (ServicejAgency (S/A) option), in storage, and upon shipment, and the test or restorative actions required to maintain and return stocks to a ready-for-issue status. Storage standards are required to be prepared on Type II (extendible) shelf-life items. They should also be prepared on other items at Che option of the managing ICP, e.g., Type I (nonextendible) shelf-life items, critical application, principal, regulated, sensitive, or hazardous items. The provisions of this regulation are applicable to the Military Departments and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) (hereinafter referred to collectively as DoD Components), GSA and CG. This regulation has been coordinated with and concurred in by the Military Services. The term Military Services as used herein refers to the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Ammunition (Class V), perishable