scope:

Purpose:

In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5135.02, this issuance establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides guidance for:

• The execution of the DoD Chemical Agent Security Program.

• Security and personnel reliability programs for:

o DoD chemical agents, consisting of Schedule 1 chemicals in DoD possession, as listed in the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, also known and referred to in this issuance as the "Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC);"

o Non-traditional agents (NTA) as listed in the March 18, 2020 Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs (ASD(NCB)) Memorandum; and

o DoD munitions with a chemical fill at the chemical weapons storage facilities and their associated chemical weapons destruction facilities as declared in accordance with the CWC.