Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com (25) Establish an Army Weapon System Safety Review Board to ensure that Army weapon systems are safe and suitable during their full life cycle. r. Commander, U.S. Army Special Operations Command. The Commander, USASOC will— (1) Provide services to Army special operations forces (ARSOF) worldwide. (2) Investigate or provide technical advisors to other commands as required to investigate accidents involving ARSOF-unique tactics, techniques, and procedures. (3) Provide ARSOF urban combat training and Army special operations aviation safety standards to be employed during special operations-unique training, in lieu of Army range safety standards.
(4) Develop policy, procedures, and standards—to include requirements—for conducting ARSOF training and operations. s. Commanding General, Surface Deployment and Distribution Command. The CG, SDDC will— (1) Develop and implement DOD and DA intramodal transportation safety policies. (2) Review, develop, and implement DA commercial stevedore contracts to ensure they comply with safety and health statutory and regulatory guidance, including this regulation. (3) Develop policy for HQDA approval for safety in operations requiring DOD compliance with DOT HAZMAT regulations.
(4) Develop policy for exemption requests by DOD components for shipments of HAZMAT by DOT shippers that do not comply with DOT regulations. (5) Provide traffic engineering support to Army activities. (6) Develop safety policy for maritime operations requiring compliance with the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG-Code) when loading vessels at SDDC terminals. (7) Obtain waivers (when appropriate) from DOT HAZMAT regulations. (8) Develop a memorandum of understanding between the DOD and the Chemical Transportation Emergency Center and the National Response Center for the mutual exchange of information on transportation accidents involving DOD munitions and explosives.
(9) Provide input to the DOT Emergency Response Guide. (10) Establish commercial carrier and driver qualifications and supplementary training requirements, in cooperation with the DOT, for transporting DOD munitions and explosives. Drivers will carry proof of required training or experience. (11) Coordinate with the Association of State Police, Highway Patrol, Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, or similar organizations, to ensure accident prevention and emergency response cooperation. t. Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Command.
The CG, MEDCOM will— (1) Assist HQDA in monitoring biological safety activities throughout the Army to identify concerns, trends, and required corrective actions. (2) Provide oversight of chemical agent RDT&E evaluation conducted by contractors. (3) Provide safety and health oversight of RDT&E activities, including contractors, in support of the active Army of Joint chemical defense programs sponsored by MEDCOM. (4) Implement medical policies and provide health-related chemical agent training to patient care providers and industrial hygienists. (5) Provide or designate physicians, industrial hygienists, and other PVNTMED personnel to support chemical and biological inspection teams.
(6) Implement medical policies concerning military chemical agent support. (7) Develop medical policies in support of the active Army of Joint chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) defense activities. (8) Provide on-site medical advice and support following radioactive contamination accidents or incidents in accordance with AR 40–13 and DA Pam 50–5. (9) Provide, on a cost-eimbursable basis, radiation safety program assessment services to support triennial surveys of each installation/garrison, each NRC license, Army reactor permit, or ARA holder for compliance with applicable radiation safety and health regulations and guidance.
(10) Establish and maintain an archive for correspondence relating to NRC licenses and ARAs. (11) Establish an occupational health surveillance program for personnel occupationally exposed to radiation in accordance with AR 40–5 and DA Pam 40–11. (12) Perform health hazard assessments of commodities and systems in accordance with AR 40–10 as early as practical in their development and before fielding. Perform special occupational health studies (for example radiation studies and toxicity evaluations) in support of health hazard assessments on a cost-reimbursable basis.
(13) Provide on a cost-reimbursable basis, radiation bioassay services (AR 40–5) that comply with criteria of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) (see ANSI Safety Code N13.30). (14) Ensure the development of doctrine, implementation plans, procedures, capabilities, and training relative to 7 AR 385–10 • 23 August 2007/RAR 4 October 2011