Navy policy requires MPPEH to be managed and processed in compliance with explosives safety standards from the time of collection until ______.

Navy policy requires MPPEH to be managed and processed in compliance with explosives safety standards from the time of collection until ______.

• A. Transfer to civilian contractor
• B. Final disposal
• C. Release from Department of Navy (DON) control
• D. Transfer to another military branch

Answer: (C)

MPPEH must be managed and processed under explosives safety standards from the moment it’s collected until the Department of the Navy relinquishes control of the material. This release from DON control is the official point at which the government no longer has responsibility for the munitions, so all handling, storage, transport, and processing up to that moment must maintain safety standards. Transferring to a civilian contractor or another military branch, or the act of disposal itself, do not by themselves define the end of DON responsibility; only the release from DON control does.

MPPEH must be managed and processed under explosives safety standards from the moment it’s collected until the Department of the Navy relinquishes control of the material. This release from DON control is the official point at which the government no longer has responsibility for the munitions, so all handling, storage, transport, and processing up to that moment must maintain safety standards. Transferring to a civilian contractor or another military branch, or the act of disposal itself, do not by themselves define the end of DON responsibility; only the release from DON control does.