EP 1110-1-18
24 Apr 00
Information Repository
A repository, generally located at libraries or other publicly accessible locations, which contains
documents reflecting the on-going environmental restoration activities. This may include the
EE/CA, CRP, RAB meeting minutes, public notices, public comments and responses to those
comments, etc.
Intrusive activity
An activity which involves or results in the penetration of the ground surface at an area known or
suspected to contain OE. Intrusive activities can be of an investigative or removal action nature.
Inventory Project Report (INPR)
The report resulting from the preliminary assessment of eligibility. The INPR includes data as
well as a recommendation for further action and guides investigators through further site studies.
Documents whether DOD is responsible for contamination at a FUDS.
Mandatory Center of Expertise (MCX)
An MCX is a USACE organization that has been approved by HQUSACE as having a unique or
exceptional technical capability in a specialized subject area that is critical to other USACE
commands. Specific mandatory services to be rendered by an MCX are identified on the MCX's
homepage. These services may be reimbursable or centrally funded. The USAESCH is the OE
MCX for the USACE. (ER 1110-1-8153)
Maximum Credible Event (MCE)
The worst single event that could occur at any time, with maximum release of a chemical agent
from a munition, container, or process as a result of unintended, unplanned, or accidental
occurrence. (HQDA Interim Guidance for Biological Warfare Materiel (BWM) and Non-
Stockpile Chemical Warfare Materiel (CWM) Response Activities)
Military Munitions
All ammunition products and components produced or used by or for the U.S. DOD or the U.S.
Armed Services for national defense and security, including military munitions under the control
of the DOD, the US Coast Guard, the US DOE, and National Guard personnel. The term
military munitions includes: confined gaseous, liquid, and solid propellants, explosives,
pyrotechnics, chemical and riot control agents, smokes, and incendiaries used by DOD
components, including bulk explosives and chemical warfare agents, chemical munitions,
rockets, guided and ballistic missiles, bombs, warheads, mortar rounds, artillery ammunition,
small arms ammunition, grenades, mines, torpedoes, depth charges, cluster munitions and
dispensers, demolition charges, and devices and components thereof. Military munitions do not
include wholly inert items, improvised explosive devices, and nuclear weapons, nuclear devices,
and nuclear components there-of. However, the term does include non-nuclear components of
nuclear devices, managed under DOE's nuclear weapons program after all required sanitization
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