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  1. Which regulation identifies when military munitions become a solid waste and which management standards apply to that waste?
  2. What is the purpose of the Military Munitions Rule (MMR)?
  3. Which law directed EPA to write regulations identifying when military munitions become hazardous waste?
  4. Unless Subpart M says otherwise, which hazardous waste regulations apply to waste military munitions?
  5. How does the general RCRA definition of solid waste in 40 CFR 261.2 treat military munitions?
  6. How does 40 CFR 260.10 define military munitions?
  7. Which materials and items fall within the definition of military munitions?
  8. Which items are excluded from the definition of military munitions?
  9. Under 40 CFR 266.201, who is included in the term "military"?
  10. What is an active range under the Military Munitions Rule?
  11. What is an inactive range under the Military Munitions Rule?
  12. Which areas does a military range include under 40 CFR 266.201?
  13. What is unexploded ordnance (UXO) under the Military Munitions Rule?
  14. When is a military munition NOT a solid waste?
  15. Are munitions expended while training soldiers or EOD personnel regulated as waste under RCRA?
  16. You fire test rockets on a range during a weapons test program. Are the rockets a solid waste when fired?
  17. Is on-range destruction of UXO during range clearance a waste management activity?
  18. Burial of UXO on a range is NOT use for the intended purpose unless the burial is what?
  19. Is recovering, collecting and then burying or landfilling UXO on the range regulated under RCRA?
  20. Is an unused munition that is being disassembled or reconfigured for reuse a solid waste?
  21. An unused munition is abandoned by detonation or incineration rather than intended use. Is it a solid waste?
  22. At what point does an unused munition held in a magazine become a solid waste?
  23. When does a deteriorated or damaged unused munition become a solid waste?
  24. Who can declare an unused military munition a solid waste?
  25. A range keeps a bin of used munitions; when full it is trucked to a TSDF for disposal. When do the contents become waste military munitions?
  26. Used small arms cartridges are recovered and buried with intent to discard. How are they classified?
  27. When is a munition that lands off-range considered a solid waste?
  28. Which RCRA authorities can reach a fired munition that lands off-range and is not retrieved?
  29. If cleanup of a munition that landed off-range is infeasible, what record must the range operator keep?
  30. What conditions must waste non-chemical military munitions meet to be exempt from hazardous waste regulation during transport?
  31. Which DOD shipping controls does 40 CFR 266.203 reference for the transportation exemption?
  32. A transporter learns that waste military munitions shipped under the exemption were stolen. What notice is required?
  33. Exempt waste munitions have not reached the receiving facility 45 days after shipment. What must happen?
  34. Does the transportation exemption also cover storage, treatment or disposal of waste military munitions?
  35. After a waste munition loses its transportation or storage exemption, what happens if the Director does not act on a reinstatement application within 60 days?
  36. What conditions must waste non-chemical military munitions in storage meet for the storage conditional exemption?
  37. Which DDESB storage standard does 40 CFR 266.205 name for the storage conditional exemption?
  38. How soon must the owner or operator notify the Director of a storage unit used for conditionally exempt waste military munitions?
  39. How often must conditionally exempt stored waste military munitions be inventoried and inspected, and how long are the records kept?
  40. Who may have access to stored waste military munitions under the storage conditional exemption?
  41. A unit's stored waste munitions are stolen, or a storage condition fails in a way that may endanger health or the environment. To whom does the unit report?
  42. What notice is required when a conditionally exempt storage unit will no longer store waste military munitions?
  43. Are stored waste chemical munitions eligible for the storage conditional exemption?
  44. Which regulations govern permitting for treatment and disposal of hazardous waste military munitions?
  45. Which 40 CFR provision requires munitions and explosives storage units to have containment systems, controls and monitoring?
  46. Under 40 CFR Part 264 Subpart EE, which kinds of units may store hazardous waste munitions and explosives?
  47. Under Subpart EE, what written procedure must govern storage of hazardous waste munitions and explosives?
  48. What is an explosives or munitions emergency?
  49. Who qualifies as an explosives or munitions emergency response specialist?
  50. During an emergency response, the EOD team leader decides to move an item to a safe location and destroy it by detonation. Is this part of the emergency response?
  51. Are explosives or munitions emergency responses limited to RCRA facilities?
  52. Which regulations govern explosives and munitions emergencies involving military munitions?
  53. In a munitions emergency, can munitions be removed without an EPA ID number transporter or a manifest?
  54. How long must emergency response records be kept for responses involving military munitions, and who keeps them?
  55. Do the Part 263 hazardous waste transporter standards apply to transport during an explosives or munitions emergency response?
  56. Must emergency responders comply with the Part 262 generator standards?
  57. Is a RCRA permit needed for treatment or containment during the immediate response to a military munitions threat?
  58. Where are the hazardous waste characteristics of waste military munitions found, and which one do explosives typically exhibit?
  59. Can a State impose requirements that are less stringent than the federal Military Munitions Rule?
  60. A unit in a State with its own hazardous waste program (for example, California) manages waste munitions. Can the State enforce stricter munitions rules than the MMR?

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