[ RadSafe ] Re: depleted uranium cherry & battle

[Mercado, Don]

Dlind49 at aol.com wrote:

"Do you and 
your RADSAF colleagues endorse full DOD compliance with U.S. States Army

Regulation 700-48 that mandates thorough environmental remediation in
section 2-4 and 
medical care in section 2-5?"  

Why should an Army regulation be imposed on the entire DOD? What
precedence can you site for this?

I see nothing in paragraph 2-4 that requires environmental remediation.
The reg addresses *equipment* not the environment. The only thing that
comes close is 2-4 e. 2, local waste disposal. MACOM commander can
authorize local disposal with a letter to the Chief Health Physicist. So
he sends a note to him saying he authorized disposed of DU rounds in
Iraq/Kuwait, etc. and they are in full compliance with the reg. Easily
done. No cleanup required. As far as medical care, do you have any facts
on where medical care was denied?

http://www.army.mil/usapa/epubs/pdf/r700_48.pdf