scope:

APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE

This Instruction applies to:

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

All operational ranges within the United States except for indoor ranges and small arms ranges that are being assessed as part of an existing environmental compliance program.

When a DoD Component other than the DoD Component exercising real property accountability operates an operational range, responsibility for compliance with this Instruction is assigned to the operating DoD Component unless the two parties agree otherwise.

PURPOSE

Pursuant to reference (a), and to augment requirements in references (a), (b), and (c), this Instruction:

Establishes and implements procedures to assess the potential environmental impacts of military munitions use on operational ranges.

Assists the DoD Components in:

Determining whether there has been a release or a substantial threat of a release of munitions constituents of concern from an operational range to an off-range area.

Determining whether a release or substantial threat of a release of munitions constituents of concern from an operational range to an off-range area creates an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment.

Enhancing the DoD Components' ability to prevent or respond to a release or substantial threat of a release of munitions constituents of concern from an operational range to an off-range area.