Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board

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Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board

• Department of the Navy
• Explosives Safety Conference
• 20 March 2007

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DDESB Offices
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DDESB Offices
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DDESB Board Organization
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of Defense
Under Secretary of Defense
Under Secretary of Defense
(Acquisition, Technology Logistics
(Acquisition, Technology Logistics)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
(Installations Environment)
DoD Explosives Safety Board
Mr. Curtis Bowling Acting Executive Director/
Chairman and Staff
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DDESB Mission

• Develop, Implement, and Maintain
• an Effective
• Explosives Safety Management Program
• within the DOD

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Mission Remains Vital

• Between 2000 2005
• 72.3M losses
• SECDEF Goal FY08 is 75 accident reduction
• Reduces number of military munitions accidents
• Eliminates costs, saves lives, and minimizes
  environmental impacts

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Purpose of the DOD Explosives Safety Management
Program

• Reduce Probability and Consequences of Ordnance
  Related Mishaps
• Protect People, Property, and the Environment
• Sustain Operational Capabilities and Readiness
• Retain the Trust of our Citizens and Allies

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Technical and Program Standards
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Technical and Program Standards
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Technical and Program Standards
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Technical and Program Standards
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Explosives Safety Surveys
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FY07 Surveys
AIR FORCE ARMY NAVY
USMC JOINT
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Site Approvals
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Scientific Testing
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Technical Assistance
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Technical Assistance
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DDESB Partnerships
Maintain close liaison with Military
Departments and other agencies in addressing and
resolving explosives safety issues
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Transformation Changes
DDESB Organizational Changes Modernization
1. Reorganization (Civ Mil Rep)
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DDESB Staff Organization
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Web Page

• Organization
• Functions
• DDESB Documents
• DDESB Policy Decisions
• Related Explosives Safety Links

http//www.ddesb.pentagon.mil/ddesb/
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DDESB Explosives Safety Knowledge Management
Enterprise Service (DESKES)

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End
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Agenda

• Mission and Roles
• DDESB Transformation

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Contact Information
Captain Carl Soderholm DDESB Navy
Representative Phone DSN 221-0152
COM 703-325-0152 email Carl.Soderholm_at_ddesb.osd.
mil
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Conclusions

• New Approach to ES management
• Improves oversight/comprehensiveness
• Integrates ESM into mainstream
• Culture
• Operations
• Environment
• Communication essential between
• Components
• DDESB
• OSD
• Other strategic partners

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DoD 6055.9 Explosive Safety Standards

• Revisions Addressed
• - Contaminated Real Property (Chap 12)
• - UXO (New Chap 15)
• - MPPEH (New Chap 16)
• - Combatant Exemption Risk Assessment
• - Siting of Reduced QD Magazines

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DoD 6055.9 Explosive Safety Standards

• Follow-on Changes (Next Revision)
• - Revised Chapter 7 for Lightning Protection
  (Approved)
• - 2-degree rule (Vote)
• - Risk Based Explosives Safety Criteria for
  SAFER 3 (Vote)
• - Intentional detonation quantity-distance
  tables (Topic)
• - Waivers Exemptions (Topic)
• - Operational Quantities of HD 1.2.2, 3
  1.4 (Topic)

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DoD 4145-M Contractor Explosives Safety
Standards

• DoD 4145.26-M Update
• - Revision prepared by the Joint Ordnance
  Commanders Group (JOCG) Sub-Group for Ordnance
  Safety
• - OSD coordination initiated on 22 Jun 04
• - Proposed Rule in Federal Register 29 Mar 05
• - New revision based on comments received
  Nov/Dec 06
• - DDESB to prepare package for second OSD
  coordination
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