Explanation of terms. The following are descriptions of terms and phrases commonly used in conjunction with ammunition, explosives, and other dangerous materials. These are listed to provide a degree of uniformity of description in the use of technical information throughout these standards:
 
 

1. Aboveground magazines. Any type of magazine above grade ground other than standard or nonstandard earth-covered types of magazines.
 
 

2. Action level. One-half of the exposure limit for a chemical agent averaged over an 8-hour work shift.
 
 

3. Administration area. The area in which administrative buildings are located administrative buildings that function for the installation as a whole, excluding those offices located near and directly serving components of explosives storage and operating areas.
 
 

4. Aircraft passenger transport operations. Passenger transport operations for the purpose of applying explosives Q-D tables are defined as follows: Passenger transport traffic involving military dependents and civilians other than those employed by or working directly for DoD Components. The following are not considered passenger transport operations.
 
 

a. Infrequent flights of base and command administrative aircraft that may, on occasion, provide some space available travel to authorized personnel.
 
 

b. Travel of direct hire appropriated funds personnel employed by any DoD Component.
 
 

c. Travel of such personnel as contractor and technical representatives traveling to or from direct support assignments at DoD installations.
 
 

5. Ammunition and explosives. Includes (but is not necessarily limited to) all items of U.S.-titled (owned by the U.S. Government through DoD Components) ammunition; propellants, liquid and solid; pyrotechnics; high explosives; guided missiles; warheads; devices; devices, and chemical agent substances and components presenting real or potential hazards to life, property and the environment. Excluded are wholly inert items and nuclear warheads and devices, except for considerations of storage and stowage compatibility, blast, fire, and non-nuclear fragment hazards associated with the explosives.
 
 

6. Ammunition and explosives aircraft cargo area. Any area specifically designated for:
 
 

a. Aircraft loading or unloading of transportation configured ammunition and explosives.
 
 

1. b. Parking aircraft loaded with transportation configured ammunition and explosives.

7. 7. Ammunition and explosives area. An area specifically designated and set aside from other portions of an installation for the development, manufacture, testing, maintenance, storage, or handling of ammunition and explosives.

 

 

8. Ammunition storage unit (ASU). All types of explosives storage magazines including outdoor or indoor, open storage areas, sheds, bunkers, and earth-covered and above-ground magazines.

 

 

9. Anchorages.
10. 8. Anchorages

b. Explosives anchorage. An area of water specifically designated for loading and unloading vessels and for anchoring vessels carrying a cargo of ammunition and explosives.
 
 

109. Auxiliary building. Any building accessory to or maintained and operated to serve an operating building, line, plant, or pier area. Explosive materials are not present in an auxiliary building, such as powerplants and change houses, paint and solvent lockers, and similar facilities.
 
 

110. Barricade. An intervening barrier, natural or artificial, of such type, size, and construction as to limit in a prescribed manner the effect of an explosion on nearby buildings or exposures.
 
 

112. Blast impulse. The product of the overpressure from the blast wave of an explosion and the time during which it acts at a given point (that is, the area under the positive phase of the overpressure-time curve).
 
 

1213. Blast overpressure. The pressure, exceeding the ambient pressure, manifested in the shock wave of an explosion.
 
 

1314. Cavern storage site. A natural cavern or former mining excavation adapted for the storage of ammunition and explosives.
 
 

1415. Ceiling value. The concentration of chemical agent that may not be exceeded for any period of time.
 
 

1516. Chamber storage site. An excavated chamber or series of excavated chambers especially suited to the storage of ammunition an explosives. A cavern may be subdivided or otherwise structurally modified for use as a chamber storage site.
 
 
 
 
 
 

17. 16. Chemical agent. A substance that is intended for military use with lethal or


incapacitating effects upon personnel through its chemical properties. Excluded from chemical agents for purposes of this Standard are riot control agents, chemical herbicides, smoke- and flame-producing items, and individual dissociated components of chemical agent ammunition.
 
 

18. Chemical munitions and agents. An agent or munition that through its chemical

197. Classification yard. A railroad yard used for receiving, dispatching, classifying, and switching of cars.
 
 

1820. Closure block. A protective construction feature designed to seal the entrance tunnel to an underground storage chamber in the event of an explosion within the chamber. Magae blocks are passive closures that are driven by the blast from a normally open to a closed position. Klotz blocks are active closures, operated by a hydraulic system to move from a normally closed to an open position (for access).
 
 

219. Combat aircraft parking area. Any area specifically designated for:
 
 

a. Aircraft loading or unloading of combat-configured munitions.
 
 

b. Parking aircraft loaded with combat-configured munitions.
 
 

22. 20. Compatibility. Ammunition or explosives are considered compatible if they may be

stored or transported together without increasing significantly either the probability of an accident or, for a given quantity, the magnitude of the effects of such an accident.
 
 

23. Conditional Exemption (CE). An exemption from the regulatory definition of

214. Connected-chamber storage site. A chamber storage site consisting of two or more chambers connected by ducts or passageways. Such chambers may be at the ends of branch tunnels off a main passageway.
 
 

2225. Controlling authority. The headquarters of the DoD Component concerned.
 
 

2326. Debris. Any solid particle thrown by an explosion or other strong energetic reaction. For aboveground detonations, debris usually refers to secondary fragments. For underground storage facilities, debris refers to both primary and secondary fragments, which are transported by a strong flow of detonation gasses.

2427. Debris trap. A protective construction feature in an underground storage facility which is designed to capture fragments and debris from a detonation within the facility. This is usually accomplished by using the inertia of the material to separate it from the detonation gas stream. (Illustrated in Figure 9-3)
 
 

2528. Deflagration. A rapid chemical reaction in which the output of heat is enough to enable the reaction to proceed and be accelerated without input of heat from another source. Deflagration is a surface phenomenon with the reaction products flowing away from the unreacted material along the surface at subsonic velocity. The effect of a true deflagration under confinement is an explosion. Confinement of the reaction increases pressure, rate of reaction and temperature, and may cause transition into a detonation.
 
 

2629. Detonation. A violent chemical reaction within a chemical compound or mechanical mixture evolving heat and pressure. A detonation is a reaction which proceeds through the reacted material toward the unreacted material at a supersonic velocity. The result of the chemical reaction is exertion of extremely high pressure on the surrounding medium forming a propagating shock wave that originally is of supersonic velocity. A detonation, when the material is located on or near the surface of the ground, is characterized normally by a crater.
 
 

2730. Dividing wall. A wall designed to prevent, control, or delay propagation of an explosion between quantities of explosives on opposite sides of the wall.
 
 

2831. DoD mishap. An unplanned event or series of events that result in damage to DoD property, occupational illness to DoD military or civilian personnel, injury to DoD military personnel on or off duty, injury to on-duty civilian personnel; damage to public and private property, or injury and illness to non-DoD personnel as a result of DoD operations.
 
 

2932. Dolphin. A mooring post or posts on a wharf or quay.
 
 

3033. Donor/acceptor. A total quantity of stored ammunition may be subdivided into separate storage units in order to reduce the MCE, and, consequently, the Q-D of an accidental detonation. The separation distances, with or without an intervening barrier, should be sufficient to ensure that a detonation does not propagate from one unit to another. For convenience the storage unit which detonates is termed the donor, and nearby units, which may be endangered, are termed acceptors. The locations of the donor and acceptor define the PES and ES, respectively.
 
 

3134. Engineering controls. Regulation of facility operations through the use of prudent engineering principles, such as facility design, operation sequencing, equipment selection, and process limitations.
 
 

3235. Expansion chamber. A protective construction feature in an underground storage facility which is designed to reduce the blast shock and overpressure exiting the facility by increasing the total volume of the complex. It may also function as an operating area within the underground facility, as well as a debris trap. (Illustrated in Figure 9-3)

3336. Explosion. A chemical reaction of any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that, when initiated, undergoes a very rapid combustion or decomposition releasing large volumes of highly heated gases that exert pressure on the surrounding medium. Also, a mechanical reaction in which failure of the container causes the sudden release of pressure from within a pressure vessel, for example, pressure rupture of a steam boiler. Depending on the rate of energy release, an explosion can be categorized as a deflagration, a detonation, or pressure rupture.
 
 

3437. Explosives facility. Any structure or location containing ammunition and explosives excluding combat aircraft parking areas or ammunition and explosives aircraft cargo areas.
 
 

38. Exposed site (ES). A location exposed to the potential hazardous effects (blast, fragments, debris, and heat flux) from an explosion at a potential explosion site (PES). The distance to a PES and the level of protection required for an ES determine the quantity of ammunition or explosives permitted in a PES.

369. Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP). A temporary facility, organized, equipped and deployed by an aviation commander, and normally located in the main battle area closer to the area of operation than the aviation unit's combat service area, to provide fuel and ammunition necessary for the employment of aviation maneuver units in combat. The FARP permits combat aircraft to rapidly refuel and rearm.
 
 

3740. Firebrand. A projected burning or hot fragment whose thermal energy is transferred to a receptor.
 
 

4138. Fragmentation. The breaking up of the confining material of a chemical compound or mechanical mixture when an explosion takes place. Fragments may be complete items, subassemblies, pieces thereof, or pieces of equipment or buildings containing the items.
 
 

4239. Hardened Aircraft Shelter. Defined as being one of the following structure types.
 
 

a. First Generation (TAB VEE). A semicircular arch with a 24-foot radius, a prow-shaped front closure, and either a recessed vertically-hinged door (regular TAB VEE) or a laterally-opening external flush door (modified TAB VEE). Dimensions are approximately 48 feet wide by 100.8 feet long.
 
 

b. First Generation (TAB VEE) Flow Through with Door. A semicircular arch with a 24-foot radius, prow-shaped front and rear closures, and either two recessed vertically-hinged doors (regular TAB VEE) or two laterally-opening external flush doors (modified TAB VEE). Dimensions are approximately 49 feet wide by 100.8 feet long.
 
 

c. First Generation (TAB VEE) Flow-Through without Door. A semicircular arch with a 24-foot radius. They are open at the front and rear. Dimensions are approximately 48 feet wide by 100.8 feet long.

d. Korean TAB VEE. A semicircular arch with a 24-foot radius, an exhaust port in the rear wall protected only by a blast defector, and an open front. Dimensions are approximately 48 feet wide by 100.8 feet long
 
 

e. Second Generation. A 29.4-foot double-radius pseudo-elliptical arch, a vertical reinforced concrete panel, and a sliding external laterally-opening flush door. Dimensions are approximately 82 feet wide by 124 feet long.
 
 

f. Third Generation. A 27.4-foot double-radius pseudo-elliptical arch, a vertical, reinforced concrete panel, a sliding external laterally-opening flush door, and a barricaded personnel door on one side. Dimensions are approximately 70.8 feet wide by 120 feet long.
 
 

g. Third Generation, Flow-Through with Doors. A 27.4-foot double-radius pseudo-elliptical arch, a vertical reinforced concrete panel, sliding external laterally-opening flush doors at the front and rear, and a barricaded personnel door on one side. Dimensions are approximately 70.9 feet wide by 120 feet long.
 
 

h. Third Generation, Flow-Through (Korean Flow-Through) without Doors. A 27.4-foot double-radius pseudo-elliptical arch and an unprotected front and rear. Dimensions are approximately 70.8 feet wide by 120 feet long.
 
 

430. Hazardous fragment. A hazardous fragment is one having an impact energy of 58 ft-lb or greater.
 
 

44. Hazardous fragment density. A density of hazardous fragments exceeding one per 600 sq. ft.

425. Heavy armor. Main battle tanks or other vehicles that are expected to contain fragments and reduce blast over pressure generated from a detonation of ammunition contained internally.
 
 

436. High explosive equivalent or explosive equivalent. The amount of a standard explosive that, when detonated, will produce a blast effect comparable to that which results at the same distances from the detonation or explosion of a given amount of the material or which performance is being evaluated. It usually is expressed as a percentage of the total net weight of all reactive materials contained in the item or system. For the purpose of these standards, TNT is used for comparison.
 
 

447. Holding yard. A location for groups of railcars, trucks, or trailers used to hold ammunition, explosives, and dangerous materials for interim periods before storage or shipment.
 
 

458. Hygroscopic. A tendency of material to absorb moisture from its surroundings.
 
 

469. Hypergolic. A property of various combinations of chemical to self ignite upon contact with each other without a spark or other external initiation.

4507. Inhabited buildings. Buildings or structures, other than operating buildings occupied in whole or in part by human beings, both within and outside DoD establishments. They include but are not limited to schools, churches, residences (quarters), Service clubs, aircraft passenger terminals, stores, shops, factories, hospitals, theaters, mess halls, post offices, and post exchanges.
 
 

4851. Inspection station. A designated location at which trucks and railcars containing ammunition and explosives are inspected.
 
 

4952. Interchange yard. An area set aside for the exchange of railroad cars or vehicles between the common carrier and DoD activities.
 
 

503. Intraline distance. The distance to be maintained between any two operating buildings and sites within an operating line, of which at least one contains or is designed to contain explosives, except that the distance from a service magazine for the line to the nearest operating building may be not less than the intraline distance required for the quantity of explosives contained in the service magazine.
 
 

54. Joint DoD - non-DoD use runway/taxiway. A runway and/or taxiway serving both

55. K-factor. The factor in the formula D=KW ^1/3 used in quantity-distance determinations where D represents distance in feet and W is the net explosive weight in pounds. The K-factor is a constant and represents the degree of damage that is acceptable. Typical constants range from 1.25 to 50; the lower the factor, the greater the damage that is accepted.
 
 

536. Launch pads. The load-bearing base, apron, or platform upon which a rocket, missile, or space vehicle and its launcher rest during launching.

547. Light armor. Armored vehicles that are not expected to contain the fragments or overpressure of a detonation of the internally stored ammunition, however the armor does give protection from an external detonation. For example, M113 series vehicles are considered light armor.
 
 

558. Liquid propellants. Substances in fluid form (including cryogenics) used for propulsion or operating power for missiles, rockets, ammunition and other related devices (See Table 9-17). For purposes of this standard, liquid fuels and oxidizers are considered propellants even when stored and handled separately.
 
 

596. Loading density. Quantity of explosive per unit volume . usually expressed as either pounds per cubic foot (lbs/ft³) or kilograms per cubic meter (kg/M³). As applied to underground storage facilities, there are two types of loading densities used in Q-D calculations:
 
 

a. Chamber loading density is based on the NEW within an individual storage chamber and the volume of the chamber (V_CH).
 
 

1. b. The calculation of airblast peak pressures and lBD's IBDs for explosions in underground

60557. Loading docks. Facilities, structures, or paved areas, designed and installed for transferring ammunition and explosives between any two modes of transportation.
 
 

61587. Lunchrooms. Facilities where food is prepared or brought for distribution by food service personnel. It may serve more than one PES. A breakroom in an operating building may be used by personnel assigned to the PES to eat meals.
 
 

62598. Magazine. Any building or structure, except an operating building, used for the storage of ammunition and explosives.
 
 

56309. Magazine, earth-covered, nonstandardundefined. All earth-covered magazines except those listed in subsection B.1., Chapter 5 with earth covering equal to or greater than that required by standard igloo magazines.

6041. Marshalling Yard. A port, point or location away from the congestion of a port facility where a unit or activity accounts for or assembles all their equipment and prepares for onward movement.
 
 
 
 

6521. Mass-detonating explosives. HE, black powder, certain propellants, certain pyrotechnics, and other similar explosives, alone or in combination, or loaded into various types of ammunition or containers, most of the entire quantity of which can be expected to explode virtually instantaneously when a small portion is subjected to fire, to severe concussion or impact, to the impulse of an initiating agent, or to the effect of a considerable discharge of energy from without. Such an explosion normally will cause severe structural damage to adjacent objects. Explosion propagation may occur immediately to other items of ammunition and explosives stored sufficiently close to and not adequately protected from the initially exploding pile with a time interval short enough so that two or more quantities must be considered as one for Q-D purposes.
 
 

6632. Maximum credible event (MCE)

a. General. In hazards evaluation, the MCE from a hypothesized accidental explosion, fire, or agent release is the worst single event that is likely to occur from a given quantity and disposition of ammunition and explosives. The event must be realistic with a reasonable probability of occurrence considering the explosion propagation, burning rate characteristics, and physical protection given to the items involved. The MCE evaluated on this basis may then be used as a basis for effects calculations and casualty predictions.
 
 

1. b. Chemical agent. An MCE for a chemical agent is defined as the hypothesized

67. Military munitions. All ammunition products and components produced or used by or for the U.S. Department of Defense or the U.S. Armed Services for national defense and security, including military munitions under the control of the Department of Defense, the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Department of Energy, and National Guard personnel. The term military munitions includes: confined gaseous, liquid, and solid propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics, chemical and riot control agents, smokes, and incendiaries used by DOD components, including bulk explosives and chemical warfare agents, chemical munitions, rockets, guided and ballistic missiles, bombs, warheads, mortar rounds, artillery ammunition, small arms ammunition, grenades, mines, torpedoes, depth charges, cluster munitions and dispensers, demolition charges, and devices and components thereof. Military munitions do not include wholly inert items, improvised explosive devices, and nuclear weapons, nuclear devices, and nuclear components thereof. However, the term does include non-nuclear components of nuclear devices, managed under DOE's nuclear weapons program, after all required sanitizing operations under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, have been completed. (40 CFR §260.10)
 
 

6843. Module. A barricaded area comprised of a series of connected cells with hard surface storage pads separated from each other by barricades.
 
 

6954. Navigable streams. Those parts of streams, channels, or canals capable of being used in their ordinary or maintained condition as highways of commerce over which trade and travel are or may be conducted in the customary modes, not including streams that are not capable of navigation by barges, tugboats, and other large vessels unless they are used extensively and regularly for the operation of pleasure boats.
 
 

70665. NEQ. Net explosive quantity expressed in kilograms.
 
 

71676. NEW. Net explosive weight expressed in pounds.
 
 

72687. Nitrogen padding (or blanket). Used to fill the void or ullage of a closed container with nitrogen gas to prevent oxidation of the chemical contained therein and to avoid formation of a flammable mixture, or to maintain a nitrogen atmosphere in or around an operation or piece of equipment.
 
 

73698. Non-DoD Components. Any entity (government, private, or corporate) that is not a part of the Department of Defense.

74069. Operating building. Any structure, except a magazine, in which operations pertaining to manufacturing, processing, handling, loading, or assembling of ammunition and explosives are performed.

7510. Operating line. A group of buildings, facilities, or related work stations so arranged as to permit performance of the consecutive steps in the manufacture of an explosive, or in the loading, assembly, modification, and maintenance of ammunition.
 
 

7621. Operational shield. A barrier constructed at a particular location or around a particular machine or operating station to protect personnel, material, or equipment from the effects of a possible localized fire or explosion.
 
 

7732. Passenger railroad. Any steam, diesel, electric, or other railroad which carries passengers for hire.
 
 

7843. PEL. The maximum time-weighted average airborne concentration (milligrams per cubic meter) of a chemical agent to which it is believed that essentially all members of a specific population can be exposed for a specific period without adverse effect.
 
 

7954. PES. The location of a quantity of explosives that will create a blast, fragment, thermal, or debris hazard in the event of an accidental explosion of its contents. Quantity limits for ammunition and explosives at a PES are determined by the distance to an ES.
 
 

80775. Pier. A landing place or platform built into the water, perpendicular or oblique to the shore, for the berthing of vessels.
 
 

81776. Prohibited area. A specifically designated area at airfields, seadromes, or heliports in which all ammunition and explosives facilities are prohibited.
 
 

7827. Public access exclusion distance. The distance arc (calculated) from the agent source at which no more than 10.0, 4.3, and 150 milligrams per minute per cubic meter is present for GB, VX, and mustard, respectively.
 
 

83798. Public traffic route. Any public street, road, highway, navigable stream, or passenger railroad (includes roads on a military reservation that are used routinely by the general public for through traffic).
 
 

84079. Q-D. The quantity of explosive material and distance separation relationships that provide defined types of protection. These relationships are based on levels of risk considered acceptable for the stipulated exposures and are tabulated in the appropriate Q-D tables. Separation distances are not absolute safe distances but are relative protective or safe distances. Greater distances than those shown in the tables shall be used whenever practicable.
 
 

8510. Quay. A marginal wharf or solid fill.

8621. Ready ammunition storage. A location where ammunition is stored for near term tactical or training use. Generally, ready ammunition storage locations will supply one or more armament pads.

8732. Risk. The product of the probability or frequency an accident will occur within a certain time and the accident’s consequences to people, property or the environment.
 
 

8843. Robust munitions. These are munitions having a ratio of the explosive weight to empty case weight less than 1.00 and a nominal wall thickness of at least 0.4 inches. Examples of robust ammunition includes MK 80 series bombs, M107 projectiles, Tomahawk and Harpoon penetration warheads and 20, 25, and 30 mm cartridges. Examples of non-robust ammunition include CBUs, torpedo warheads, underwater mines, and TOW, Hellfire, Sparrow and Sidewinder missiles. Unless otherwise noted, all air-to-air missile warheads are defined as non-robust.
 
 

8954. Rock strength. Strong, moderately strong, and weak rock are designators which provide a general classification of rock types for siting underground storage facilities for ground shock hazards. Classification of a rock body into one of these three rankings is based on the rock impedance factor:

rock impedance factor = r · c · 10^-6

and r = g/g

where

g is the rock density, lbs/ft³

g is the gravitational acceleration, ft/sec²

r is the mass density of the rock, lbs-sec²/ft⁴

c seismic velocity of the rock, ft/sec.
 
 

The rock impedance factor will be 0.75 or more for strong rock; between 0.75 and 0.5 for moderately strong rock; and less than 0.5 for weak rock.
 
 

Values of these parameters can usually be estimated based on examinations of exposed rock outcrops or core samples from an exploratory drill hole. For the detailed design of an underground storage facility (maximum span width, rock reinforcement, etc.), standard rock mechanics classification systems should be used.
 
 

90865. Runway. Any surface on land designated for aircraft takeoff and landing operations, or a designated lane of water for takeoff and landing operations of seaplanes.
 
 

91876. Service magazine. A building of an operating line used for the intermediate storage of explosives materials.
 
 

92887. Ship or barge units. All explosives within a line encompassing the ship or barge being loaded, the space on the pier for spotting of freight cars and trucks, and the space in the water for barges which may be working the ship or barge.

93898. Single-chamber storage site. An excavated chamber with its own access to the natural ground surface, not connected to any other storage chamber.
 
 

94089. Source emission limits. The amount of chemical agent that may be released at a particular point that allows for natural dilution, ventilation, and meteorological conditions interfacing.
 
 

9510. Spall. Spall refers to pieces of a material (and the process by which they are formed) that are broken loose from the surface of a parent body by tensile forces that are created when a compression shock wave travels through the body and reflects from the surface. For underground storage, spall normally refers to the rock broken loose from the wall of an acceptor chamber by the shock wave transmitted through the rock from an explosion in a nearby donor chamber.
 
 

9621. Standard igloo magazine. An earth-covered, arch-type magazine, with or without a separate door barricade, constructed according to an approved standard drawing identified in subsection B.1. of Chapter 5.

9732. Static missile battery. Deployed ground-based missiles meant to be employed in a non-mobile mission for offensive or defensive purposes.
 
 

9843. Static test stand. Locations on which liquid propellant engines or solid propellant motors are tested in place.
 
 

9954. Support facilities. Ammunition and explosives storage or operations that support solely the functions of tactical or using units as distinguished from storage depots or manufacturing facilities.
 
 

100965. Suspect truck and car site. A designated location for placing trucks and railcars containing ammunition or explosives that are suspected of being in a hazardous condition. These sites are also used for trucks and railcars that may be in a condition that is hazardous to their contents.
 
 

101976. Tactical facilities. Tactical facilities are prepared locations with an assigned combat mission, such as missile launch facilities, alert aircraft parking areas, or fixed gun positions.
 
 

102987. Taxiway or taxilane. Any surface designated as such in the basic airfield clearance criteria specified by a DoD Component publication or Federal Aviation Regulation (reference (p)).

103998. Toxic area. A defined area in which CG K ammunition or Class 6 chemical agents are handled or stored.
 
 

104099. Ufer Ground. A Ufer Ground is an earth electrode system which consists of solid conductors encased along the bottom of a concrete foundation footing or floor in direct contact with earth.

10510. Unexploded Ordnance. Explosive ordnance which has been primed, fuzed, armed or otherwise prepared for action, and which has been fired, dropped, launched, projected or placed in such a manner as to constitute a hazard to operations, installations, personnel or material an remains unexploded either by malfunction or design or for any other cause.
 
 

10621. Unit risk. The risk to personnel and/or facilities that is associated with debris, fragment and/or blast hazards that is the result of the detonation of a single round of ammunition.
 
 

10732. Wharf. A landing place or platform built into the water or along the shore for the berthing of vessels.
 
 

10843. Wharf yard. A yard that is close to piers or wharves in which railcars or trucks are held for short periods of time before delivery to the piers or wharves.
 
 

109. Waste military munition. A military munition is a "waste" if it is either a solid or hazardous waste under regulations implementing RCRA, (42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq.) or defined as a waste under a DOD Component's formal written policies and procedures. In general:
 
 

a. An unused military munition is a solid waste when any of the following occurs:
 
 

(1) The munition is abandoned by being disposed of, burned, detonated (except during intended use), incinerated, or treated prior to disposal; or
 
 

(2) The munition is removed from storage in a military magazine or other storage area for the purpose of being disposed of, burned, or incinerated, or treated prior to disposal, or
 
 

(3) The munition is deteriorated or damaged (e.g., the integrity of the munition is compromised by cracks, leaks, or other damage) to the point that it cannot be put into serviceable condition, and cannot reasonably be recycled or used for other purposes; or
 
 

(4) An authorized military official has declared the munition a solid waste.
 
 

b. A used or fired military munition is a solid waste:
 
 

(1) When transported off range or from the site of use, where the site of use is not a range, for the purposes of storage, reclamation, treatment, disposal, or treatment prior to disposal; or
 
 

(2) If recovered, collected, and then disposed of by burial, or landfilling either on or off a range.