Demilitarization and Disposal
The incorporation of Demilitarization (DEMIL)/disposal requirements into the initial system design is critical to:
- manage ESOH risks during DEMIL/disposal
- comply with all DoD DEMIL/disposal policies
- ensure compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements and policies relating to safety (including explosive safety), security, and the environment
DEMIL renders safe and eliminates functional capabilities and inherent military design features from DoD materiel. It is the act of destroying the military offensive or defensive advantages inherent in certain types of equipment or material. DEMIL may include mutilation, scrapping, melting, burning, or alteration designed to prevent the further use of the equipment and material for its originally intended military or lethal purpose.
Disposal is the process of reusing, transferring, donating, selling, destroying, or other ultimate disposal of excess surplus and foreign excess property. Disposal first ensures adequate screening is accomplished to satisfy that all valid DoD and other U.S. Government Agency needs are met. After assurances that U.S. Government needs for surplus DoD property are met, the materiel disposition process:
- permits authorized transfer or donation to government or non-government entities
- obligates DoD to obtain the best available monetary return to the U. S. Government for property sold
Program Managers (PM) should integrate DEMIL/disposal requirements into systems engineering and design activities to minimize liabilities, reduce costs, and protect critical program information and technology. ESOH practitioners integrate DEMIL/disposal considerations into system design to recover critical materiel and protect assets, information, and technologies from uncontrolled or unwanted release and disruption or reverse engineering. During system design, the ESOH practitioner should identify and assess ESOH hazards, to include hazardous materials, related to DEMIL/disposal of the system and eliminate or minimize those hazards through design selections. Early, balanced analyses of ESOH hazards relative to the system’s design enable the PM to make informed decisions based on alternatives and provide a clear understanding of trade-offs and consequences, both near-term and over the system’s life-cycle.
In addition to addressing DEMIL/disposal considerations during system development, the ESOH practitioner needs to ensure these considerations are integrated into the allocated baseline approved at the Preliminary Design Review and refined into criteria and/or requirements for the Critical Design Review. DEMIL/disposal requirements should be included in the program’s System Engineering Plan, as well as the Life-Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCSP). For munitions programs, DEMIL/disposal documentation needs to be in place before the start of Developmental Test and Evaluation.
ESOH considerations are further refined and integrated into DEMIL/disposal planning as the system proceeds through the acquisition process and the LCSP matures with greater fidelity of information. By the production/deployment and operations/support phases, DEMIL/disposal procedures should be defined and documented to include the ESOH requirements. Identified ESOH risks for DEMIL/disposal are also continually assessed and revalidated as specific DEMIL/disposal procedures are determined for the system. New hazards and mitigation measures to eliminate or reduce the associated risk level may be identified as well. Prior to conducting DEMIL/disposal procedures for a system, ESOH requirements and mitigations should be verified to ensure statutory and regulatory compliance and protection of personnel and the environment. In some instances, there may be the need to conduct additional ESOH analyses.
DEMIL/disposal of materiel must be accomplished in accordance with DoD Directive 4140.1, Supply Chain Materiel Management Policy. DoDM 4160.28, Defense Demilitarization, Volumes 1-3, contain extensive guidance on this subject.
The incorporation of Demilitarization (DEMIL)/disposal requirements into the initial system design is critical to:
- manage ESOH risks during DEMIL/disposal
- comply with all DoD DEMIL/disposal policies
- ensure compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements and policies relating to safety (including explosive safety), security, and the environment
DEMIL renders safe and eliminates functional capabilities and inherent military design features from DoD materiel. It is the act of destroying the military offensive or defensive advantages inherent in certain types of equipment or material. DEMIL may include mutilation, scrapping, melting, burning, or alteration designed to prevent the further use of the equipment and material for its originally intended military or lethal purpose.
Disposal is the process of reusing, transferring, donating, selling, destroying, or other ultimate disposal of excess surplus and foreign excess property. Disposal first ensures adequate screening is accomplished to satisfy that all valid DoD and other U.S. Government Agency needs are met. After assurances that U.S. Government needs for surplus DoD property are met, the materiel disposition process:
Program Managers (PM) should integrate DEMIL/disposal requirements into systems engineering and design activities to minimize liabilities, reduce costs, and protect critical program information and technology. ESOH practitioners integrate DEMIL/disposal considerations into system design to recover critical materiel and protect assets, information, and technologies from uncontrolled or unwanted release and disruption or reverse engineering. During system design, the ESOH practitioner should identify and assess ESOH hazards, to include hazardous materials, related to DEMIL/disposal of the system and eliminate or minimize those hazards through design selections. Early, balanced analyses of ESOH hazards relative to the system’s design enable the PM to make informed decisions based on alternatives and provide a clear understanding of trade-offs and consequences, both near-term and over the system’s life-cycle.
In addition to addressing DEMIL/disposal considerations during system development, the ESOH practitioner needs to ensure these considerations are integrated into the allocated baseline approved at the Preliminary Design Review and refined into criteria and/or requirements for the Critical Design Review. DEMIL/disposal requirements should be included in the program’s System Engineering Plan, as well as the Life-Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCSP). For munitions programs, DEMIL/disposal documentation needs to be in place before the start of Developmental Test and Evaluation.
ESOH considerations are further refined and integrated into DEMIL/disposal planning as the system proceeds through the acquisition process and the LCSP matures with greater fidelity of information. By the production/deployment and operations/support phases, DEMIL/disposal procedures should be defined and documented to include the ESOH requirements. Identified ESOH risks for DEMIL/disposal are also continually assessed and revalidated as specific DEMIL/disposal procedures are determined for the system. New hazards and mitigation measures to eliminate or reduce the associated risk level may be identified as well. Prior to conducting DEMIL/disposal procedures for a system, ESOH requirements and mitigations should be verified to ensure statutory and regulatory compliance and protection of personnel and the environment. In some instances, there may be the need to conduct additional ESOH analyses.
DEMIL/disposal of materiel must be accomplished in accordance with DoD Directive 4140.1, Supply Chain Materiel Management Policy. DoDM 4160.28 Defense Demilitarization, Volumes 1-3, contain extensive guidance on this subject.
