[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 26]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR266.201]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 266_STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC HAZARDOUS WASTES AND 

SPECIFIC TYPES OF HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart M_Military Munitions

 

Sec.  266.201  Definitions.



    In addition to the definitions in 40 CFR 260.10, the following 

definitions apply to this subpart:

    Active range means a military range that is currently in service and 

is being regularly used for range activities.

    Chemical agents and munitions are defined as in 50 U.S.C. section 

1521(j)(1).

    Director is as defined in 40 CFR 270.2.

    Explosives or munitions emergency response specialist is as defined 

in 40 CFR 260.10.

    Explosives or munitions emergency is as defined in 40 CFR 260.10.

    Explosives or munitions emergency response is as defined in 40 CFR 

260.10.

    Inactive range means a military range that is not currently being 

used, but that is still under military control and considered by the 

military to be a potential range area, and that has not been put to a 

new use that is incompatible with range activities.

    Military means the Department of Defense (DOD), the Armed Services, 

Coast Guard, National Guard, Department of Energy (DOE), or other 

parties under contract or acting as an agent for the foregoing, who 

handle military munitions.

    Military munitions is as defined in 40 CFR 260.10.

    Military range means designated land and water areas set aside, 

managed, and used to conduct research on, develop, test, and evaluate 

military munitions and explosives, other ordnance, or weapon systems, or 

to train military personnel in their use and handling. Ranges include 

firing lines and positions, maneuver areas, firing lanes, test pads, 

detonation pads, impact areas, and buffer zones with restricted access 

and exclusionary areas.

    Unexploded ordnance (UXO) means military munitions that have been 

primed, fused, armed, or otherwise prepared for action, and have been 

fired, dropped, launched, projected, or placed in such a manner as to 

constitute a hazard to operations, installation, personnel, or material 

and remain unexploded either by malfunction, design, or any other cause.