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AMMO 68 MILITARY MUNITIONS RULE
(LATEST UPDATE) | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS|
GRADE A| 100% CORRECT (VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS)
**What are the two key provisions of the 1992 Federal Facilities Compliance Act?**
Correct answer: It directed the EPA to develop the Military
Munitions Rule and created a waiver of sovereign immunity with regards to federal facilities.
**How does EPA define hazardous waste?**
Correct answer: Those that are specifically listed as such, and
those that possess hazardous characteristics.
**T or F? A munition that is the subject of an Urgent NAR is a
WMM.**
Correct answer: TRUE.
**T or F? The DDA is the only authority, in most cases, that is authorized to declare unused munitions items as a waste.**
Correct answer: TRUE.
**Why is it important to define what constitutes a range for the purposes of the MR?**
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Correct answer: RCRA does not apply to most ordnance
operations on an operational range.
**Who can assist in obtaining emergency permits, if needed, during a Level 2 emergency response?**
Correct answer: The installation environmental office.
**T or F? Scrap metal can be excluded and exempted from
RCRA.**
Correct answer: TRUE.
**The Explosives Safety Inspection (ESI) program:**
Correct answer: All of the above.
**T or F? All states have to adopt the MR as it is a national standard, i.e., they must adopt it "as is" with no amendments.**
Correct answer: TRUE.
**T or F? Range clearance activities should be scheduled and documented to identify which ranges were swept, when, by whom, and what items were destroyed.**
Correct answer: TRUE.
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**T or F? The use of Condition Code "H" material for an EOD training operation must comply with all the requirements of RCRA disposal.**
Correct answer: TRUE.
**T or F? The three components of the course's take-home
message are: 1.) Know when munitions are not a waste, 2.)
Know when unused munitions are a waste, and 3.) Know when used munitions are a waste.**
Correct answer: TRUE.
**T or F? CE transportation is exempt from all documentation requirements.**
Correct answer: FALSE.
**Waste generators may employ which of the following
measures to identify hazardous waste:**
Correct answer: All of the above.
**T or F? When a munition lands off-range and it is not promptly responded to, then it is considered a waste munitions item and RCRA applies.**
Correct answer: TRUE.
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**A solid waste can be a:**
Correct answer: All of the above.
**When is an unused military munition a waste military munition?**
Correct answer: When declared so by a Designated Disposition
Authority.
**T or F? Temporary storage during reasonable delays of Level
- emergency responses requires an emergency permit.**
Correct answer: FALSE.
**The MRIP was designed to:**
Correct answer: All of the above.
**Flashing, crushing, or shredding of military munitions (including UXO and munitions fragments) on operational ranges is considered _______ and are ________.**
Correct answer: Intended use; not waste management.
**NARS can be used to reclassify an unused munitions item into condition code V. This denotes what?**