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Department of the ArmyPamphlet 385–64
Safety
Ammunitionand ExplosivesSafetyStandards
HeadquartersDepartment of the ArmyWashington, DC15 December 1999
UNCLASSIFIED
 
SUMMARY of CHANGE 
DA PAM 385–64Ammunition and Explosives Safety StandardsThis change 1--o Incorporates recent changes to explosives safety criteria of DOD 6055.9-STD,DOD Ammunition and Explosives Safety Standards.o Incorporates requirements previously only contained in TM 206-1300-9(rescinded) (para 2-6).o Adds requirements for underground facilities (para3-23, para 5-13, figure 5-10, and para 6-3c).o Adds requirements for plans to provide safety, security, and environmentalprotection in emergency response (para 3-24).o Adopts DOD revisions to criteria for hazard division 1.2 (app I).o Provides corrections to quantity-distance requirements for public highways(para 5-6).o Provides corrections to unbarricaded intraline distance requirements (para5-6d(3)).o Provides corrections to facilities siting criteria (chap 5).o Provides corrections to magazine siting criteria (chap 5).o Corrects/updates quantity-distance tables (chap 5)o Adds requirements for surge suppression for incoming conductors to includesuppression at the entrance to the building from each wire to ground (para 6-5b).o Corrects qualification requirements for personnel responsible for electricalmaintenance, inspection and testing (para 6-13c(1)).o Clarifies lighting protection electrical test requirements for earth coveredmagazines (table 6-1).o Corrects DD Form 626 inspection requirements motor vehicles loaded withexplosives, ammunition, or other hazardous material (para 7-7a and 7-8).o Adds information on DOD explosives safety surveys (para 8-1f).o Changes construction requirements for explosives buildings (para 8-5).o Provides changes to requirements for barricaded open storage modules andbarricades and earth cover for magazines (para 8-29c, 8-29d(3), and 8-30).
 
o Provides quantity-distance requirements for maritime prepositioning ships(para 11-6d(7)) and table 11-13).o Provides changes to lightning protection requirements (chap 12)o Adds requirements from the Munitions Rule (para 13-29 and chap 19).o Changes safety requirements for contingency deployment ammunition operationsin a less than wartime environment (chap 14).o Changes safety requirements for wartime operations (chap 15).o Changes earth covered magazine criteria (app G).o Adds explosives safety program management requirements (app J).o This new Department of the Army pamphlet--o Implements and amplifies the explosives safety criteria depicted in DOD6055.9-STD, DOD Ammunition and Explosives Safety Standards (chap 1).o Defines general safety standards for Army operations involving ammunitionand/or explosives (chap 2).o Establishes management controls for fire prevention, suppression andprotection as applicable to Army ammunition and explosives (chap 3).o Provides an overview of the Joint Hazard Classification System (JHCS) andestablishes storage principles for the various compatibility groupings ofammunition and explosives (chap 4).o Establishes quantities of explosives material and distance separationrequirements that provide defined levels of protection (chap 5).o Establishes requirements for the installation and use of electrical serviceand equipment in Army explosives facilities (chap 6).o Defines regulations and guidance regarding shipment of Army explosives andother dangerous articles (chap 7).o Establishes requirements and provides definitive material on the preparationand submittal of explosives and toxic chemical site plans (chap 8).o Explains the purpose, denotes minimum requirements and definesresponsibilities of the Army explosives licensing program (chap 9).o Provides guidance on the appropriate usage of material handling equipment(MHE) for ammunition and/or explosives operations (chap 10).o Establishes requirements for the movement of Army units to ports during timesof war, peace, or national emergency (chap 11).
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