DOD 6055.09-M, Volume 2 DoD Ammunition and Explosives Safety Standards

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Department of Defense

MANUAL

NUMBER 6055.09-M, Volume 2
February 29, 2008
Administratively Reissued August 4, 2010
Incorporating Change 1, April 6, 2012

USD(AT&L)

SUBJECT: DoD Ammunition and Explosives Safety Standards: Explosives Safety
Construction Criteria

References: See Enclosure 1

V2.1. PURPOSE

V2.1.1. Manual. This Manual is composed of several volumes, each containing its own
purpose, and administratively reissues DoD 6055.09-STD (Reference (a)). The purpose of the
overall Manual, in accordance with the authority in DoD Directives 5134.01 and 6055.9E
(References (b) and (c)), is to establish explosives safety standards (hereafter referred to as
“standards”) for the Department of Defense.

V2.1.1.1. These standards are designed to manage risks associated with DoD-titled
ammunition and explosives (AE) by providing protection criteria to minimize serious injury, loss
of life, and damage to property.

V2.1.1.2. Due to the size and complexity of this Manual, alternate paragraph numbering
has been approved for use throughout. The initial numeric set (V#) refers to the volume number
within the Manual; the second set (E#) refers to the enclosure number; and subsequent numbers
refer to the section, paragraph, and subparagraph numbers. If there is no E#, the reference is to a
section above the signature of the volume.

V2.1.2. Volume. This Volume provides criteria for the construction of barricades and
explosives facilities, to include criteria for facilities with reduced separation distances.

V2.2. APPLICABILITY. This Volume:

V2.2.1. Applies to:

V2.2.1.1. OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the
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Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other
organizational entities within the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the
“DoD Components”).

V2.2.1.2. DoD-titled AE wherever it is located.

V2.2.1.3. DoD personnel and property when potentially endangered by known host-
nation or off-installation AE hazards.

V2.2.1.4. DoD facilities siting and construction, except as indicated in paragraph V2.2.2.

V2.2.1.5. The evaluation of non-DoD explosives siting submissions on DoD installations
(see section V4.E5.21.).

V2.2.2. Provided the documentation requirements of paragraph V2.E2.3.5. are met, does not
apply to:

V2.2.2.1. Existing facilities, or those approved for construction under then-current
editions of these standards. This exception applies for the balance of the useful lives of such
facilities provided:

V2.2.2.1.1. The facility continues to be used for its intended purpose.

V2.2.2.1.2. The explosives safety hazards are not increased.

V2.2.2.1.3. Redesign or modification is not practicable.

V2.2.2.1.4. The quantity of AE cannot be reduced for reasons of operational
necessity.

V2.2.2.2. Those planned facilities that do not meet these standards, but have been
certified by the Heads of the DoD Components (see section V1.E3.4.) as essential for operational
or other compelling reasons.

V2.2.2.3. Other situations that, upon analysis by the Heads of the DoD Components and
the Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board (DDESB), are determined to provide the
required degree of safety through use of protective construction or other specialized safety
features.

V2.3. DEFINITIONS

V2.3.1. Abbreviations and Acronyms. See Glossary.

V2.3.2. Terms. See Volume 8 of this Manual.

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V2.4. POLICY. As established in Reference (c) and consistent with peacetime, contingency, or
wartime operational requirements and corresponding DoD military munitions requirements from
the broadest and most fundamental explosives safety management perspective, it is DoD policy
to:

V2.4.1. Provide the maximum possible protection to people and property from the potential
damaging effects of DoD military munitions (explosive and chemical). Applying the standards
herein provides only the minimum protection criteria for personnel and property, and greater
protection should always be provided when practicable.

V2.4.2. Minimize exposures consistent with safe and efficient operations (i.e., expose the
minimum number of people for the minimum time to the minimum amount of explosives or
chemical agents).

V2.5. RESPONSIBILITIES. See Enclosure 2.

V2.6. PROCEDURES. See Enclosures 3 through 5. Criteria provided in this Manual are given
in English units (e.g., foot or feet (ft), pounds (lbs), pounds per square inch (psi)), with metric
equivalents shown in brackets (e.g., meters (m), kilograms (kg), kilopascals (kPa)).

V2.7. RELEASABILITY. UNLIMITED. This Volume is approved for public release and is
available on the Internet from the DoD Issuances Website at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives.

V2.8. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Volume is effective upon its publication to the DoD Issuances
Website.

Enclosures
1. References
2. Responsibilities
3. Electrical Standards
4. Lightning Protection
5. Construction Criteria Permitting Reduced Separation Distances
Glossary

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ENCLOSURE 1: REFERENCES ...................................................................................................6

ENCLOSURE 2: RESPONSIBILITIES .........................................................................................7

UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR ACQUISITION, TECHNOLOGY, AND
LOGISTICS (USD(AT&L)) ................................................................................................7
CHAIRMAN, DDESB ...............................................................................................................7
HEADS OF THE DoD COMPONENTS ..................................................................................7

ENCLOSURE 3: ELECTRICAL STANDARDS ..........................................................................8

GENERAL .................................................................................................................................8
HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS ...................................................................................................8
SPECIAL OCCUPANCIES.......................................................................................................8
STATIC ELECTRICITY ...........................................................................................................9
ELECTRIC SUPPLY SYSTEMS..............................................................................................9
SURGE PROTECTION FOR INCOMING CONDUCTORS ................................................10
HAZARDS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION TO ORDNANCE (HERO) .............10
POSTING OF RF WARNING SIGNS ....................................................................................11

ENCLOSURE 4: LIGHTNING PROTECTION ..........................................................................13

CRITERIA ...............................................................................................................................13
LPS DESIGN AND INSTALLATION ...................................................................................13
INSPECTION, TESTING, TRAINING, AND MAINTENANCE .........................................13
LIGHTNING PROTECTION EXCEPTIONS ........................................................................14
ALTERNATE LPS ..................................................................................................................15

ENCLOSURE 5: CONSTRUCTION CRITERIA PERMITTING REDUCED
SEPARATION DISTANCES ..................................................................................................16

GENERAL ...............................................................................................................................16
SPECIAL STRUCTURES .......................................................................................................16
ABOVEGROUND MAGAZINES (AGM) .............................................................................17
BARRICADES ........................................................................................................................17
ECM .........................................................................................................................................25
BARRICADED OPEN STORAGE MODULES ....................................................................26
HIGH-PERFORMANCE MAGAZINES (HPMs) ..................................................................28
UNDERGROUND STORAGE FACILITIES .........................................................................30

GLOSSARY ..................................................................................................................................38

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ................................................................................38
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TABLES

V2.E5.T1. HD 1.1 IMD for Barricaded Open Storage Module ..............................................30
V2.E5.T2. Chamber Separation Distances Required to Prevent Damage and Propagation
by Rock Spall ...................................................................................................36

FIGURES

V2.E5.F1. Determination of Barricade Length and Height to Prevent Prompt Propagation
Due to High-Velocity, Low-Angle Fragments ................................................20
V2.E5.F2. Determination of Barricade Length and Height for Barricaded ILD Protection ...21
V2.E5.F3. Portal Barricade Location, Height, and Width ......................................................23
V2.E5.F4. Typical Eight-Cell Open Storage Module .............................................................29
V2.E5.F5. Typical Underground Storage Facilities ................................................................31
V2.E5.F6. Subparagraph V2.E5.8.3.5.1.2.1. Equations .........................................................34
V2.E5.F7. Paragraph V2.E5.8.5. Equations ...........................................................................35

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ENCLOSURE 1

REFERENCES

(a) DoD 6055.09-STD, “DoD Ammunition and Explosives Safety Standards,” February 29,
2008 (cancelled by Volume 1 of this Manual)
(b) DoD Directive 5134.01, “Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and
Logistics (USD(AT&L)),” December 9, 2005
(c) DoD Directive 6055.9E, “Explosives Safety Management and the DoD Explosives Safety
Board,” August 19, 2005
(d) National Fire Protection Association 70, “National Electrical Code®,” current version
(e) Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Memorandum,
“Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Policy,” July 30, 2004
(f) National Fire Protection Association 780, “Standard for the Installation of Lightning
Protection Systems,” current version
(g) Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board, Technical Paper 15, Revision 3,
“Approved Protective Construction,” May 2010
(h) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Report HNDED-CS-S-95-01, “Guide for Evaluating Blast
Resistance of Nonstandard Magazines,” January 19951

1 Available at www.ddesb.pentagon.mil.
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ENCLOSURE 2

RESPONSIBILITIES

V2.E2.1. UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR ACQUISITION, TECHNOLOGY, AND
LOGISTICS (USD(AT&L)). The USD(AT&L) shall provide overall policy guidance for the
DoD Explosives Safety Management Program.

V2.E2.2. CHAIRMAN, DDESB. The Chairman, DDESB, shall report to the Deputy Under
Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment (DUSD(I&E)) and, on behalf of the
USD(AT&L) and the DUSD(I&E), shall collaborate with the Military Service-appointed voting
DDESB members to maintain explosives safety standards.

V2.E2.3. HEADS OF THE DoD COMPONENTS. The Heads of the DoD Components shall:

V2.E2.3.1. Implement these DoD explosives safety standards.

V2.E2.3.2. Comply with applicable Federal and State laws and regulations. Where this
Volume conflicts with such laws and regulations, ensure the safety of DoD personnel and the
public while complying and notify the Chairman, DDESB, through the Component’s board
member, of the conflict. These standards are not intended to be so rigid as to prevent the DoD
Components from accomplishing their assigned missions.

V2.E2.3.3. Issue DoD Component guidance that implements these standards and provides
DoD Component unique requirements.

V2.E2.3.4. Send a copy of any implementing and supplementary guidance to these standards
to the Chairman, DDESB.

V2.E2.3.5. Document the exceptions described in paragraph V2.2.2. in permanent records.
These records must include:

V2.E2.3.5.1. The effective date the applicable DoD explosives safety standards were
first published.

V2.E2.3.5.2. The date the deviant facility was either approved, from an explosives safety
viewpoint, for use or was first used in a manner deviating from the standard.

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ELECTRICAL STANDARDS

V2.E3.1. GENERAL. This enclosure establishes safety standards for the design and installation
of electrical equipment and wiring for explosives environments.

V2.E3.1.1. For the purposes of this Volume, the Department of Defense adopts Article 500
of the code “Hazardous (Classified) Locations” of the National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA) 70 (Reference (d)), also known and hereafter referred to as the “National Electrical
Code (NEC)”. NEC establishes standards for the design and installation of electrical equipment
and wiring for atmospheres containing combustible dusts, flammable vapors, or gasses that are
comparably hazardous.

V2.E3.1.2. This enclosure does not address extraordinarily hazardous situations (e.g.,
nitroglycerin manufacturing) that require special consideration and design features. In these
situations, the DoD Components shall develop site-specific design criteria.

V2.E3.2. HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS. NEC definitions of Class I, Division 1, and Class II,
Division 1, hazardous locations are modified as follows for DoD explosives applications:

V2.E3.2.1. Areas containing explosives dusts or explosives that may, through handling,
produce dust capable of being dispersed in the atmosphere shall be regarded as Class II, Division
1.

V2.E3.2.2. Areas in which explosives sublimation or condensation may occur shall be
regarded as both Class I, Division 1, and Class II, Division 1.

V2.E3.3. SPECIAL OCCUPANCIES. To ensure assignment to the proper hazardous location,
class, and group, it is necessary to have knowledge of the properties of explosives involved.
Minimum requirements include sensitivity to heat and spark and thermal stability.

V2.E3.3.1. Acceptable Approaches for Inadequate Protection. If the properties of an
explosive are such that Class I or Class II, or both, provide inadequate protection under
prevailing conditions, use of any of the following approaches is acceptable:

V2.E3.3.1.1. Intrinsically safe equipment.

V2.E3.3.1.2. Purged or pressurized and suitably temperature-limited equipment.

V2.E3.3.1.3. Exclusion of electrical equipment from the hazardous atmosphere.

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V2.E3.3.1.4. Isolation of equipment from the hazardous atmosphere by means of dust,
vapor, or gas-free enclosures with surface temperatures positively maintained at safe levels.

V2.E3.3.2. Underground Storage Facilities. All wiring and electrical equipment in
underground storage facilities shall, in addition to any other requirements of this enclosure, be of
moisture and corrosion-resistant materials and construction unless a site-specific analysis
indicates that such construction is not necessary. Underground facilities shall have emergency
lighting systems to provide minimum illumination in the event of a power failure.

V2.E3.4. STATIC ELECTRICITY. Personnel and equipment in hazardous locations (section
V2.E3.2.) and locations where static sensitive electro-explosive devices (EEDs) are exposed
shall be grounded in a manner that effectively discharges static electricity and prevents static
electricity accumulations that may be capable of initiating dusts, gases, vapors, or exposed
EEDs. Permanent equipment in contact with conductive floors and tabletops shall not be
considered grounded. Static grounds shall be bonded to the facility’s grounding system. (See
Enclosure 4 of this Volume.)

V2.E3.5. ELECTRIC SUPPLY SYSTEMS. There may be mutual hazards when potential
explosion sites (PESs) are located near electric supply lines. To protect against these hazards,
the following separation requirements apply to all new construction (public traffic route distance
(PTRD) and inhabited building distance (IBD) specified in paragraphs V2.E3.5.3. and
V2.E3.5.4. are based on airblast overpressure only; fragment distances do not apply):

V2.E3.5.1. Electric lines serving explosives operating facilities shall be installed
underground from a point not less than 50 ft [15.3 m] away from such facilities.

V2.E3.5.2. Overhead electric service lines shall be no closer to combustible PES or to an
open PES than the length of the electric lines between the nearest service poles and the length of
the nearest service pole. An exception is when an effective means (e.g., line spacers, weights) is
provided to ensure that energized lines on breaking cannot come into contact with the facility or
its appurtenances.

V2.E3.5.3. Electric distribution lines carrying less than 69 kilovolts (kV), the tower or poles
supporting those lines, and unmanned electrical substations shall be no closer to PESs than
PTRD. Lesser distance is permitted by Enclosure 3 of Volume 3 of this Manual for the
placement of electrical substations and transformers that support explosives areas.

V2.E3.5.4. Electric transmission lines carrying 69 kV or more and the tower or poles
supporting them shall be located no closer to the PES than:

V2.E3.5.4.1. IBD, if the line in question is part of a grid system serving a large off-base
area.

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V2.E3.5.4.2. PTRD, if loss of the line does not create serious social or economic
hardships.

V2.E3.5.5. Electric transmission lines that can be interrupted without loss of power (i.e.,
power is rerouted through existing lines or networks) shall be separated from explosives sites in
accordance with (IAW) paragraph V2.E3.5.2.

V2.E3.6. SURGE PROTECTION FOR INCOMING CONDUCTORS

V2.E3.6.1. An AE facility shall include surge protection for all incoming conductors. The
surge protection must include suppression at the entrance to the facility from each wire to
ground. All other metallic utility lines and pipes must be electrically connected to the structural
steel of the building just before they enter the AE facility.

V2.E3.6.2. Any conductors, shielded cabling, power cabling, and communication lines shall
be buried underground in metal conduit for a minimum of 50 ft [15.3 m] before entering an AE
facility.

V2.E3.7. HAZARDS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION TO ORDNANCE (HERO).
Military munitions (at times, also referred to as ordnance or AE) containing electrically initiated
devices (EIDs) (e.g., exploding foil initiators, laser initiators, burn wires, fusible links, hot bridge
wires, carbon bridges, and conductive compositions) shall be designed or protected such that
electromagnetic radiation (EMR) does not cause an inadvertent initiation, degradation, or
disablement. Both direct radio frequency (RF) induced actuation of the EID or electrical
coupling to and triggering of the associated firing circuits can occur, especially in a tactical
radiated electromagnetic environment (EME).

V2.E3.7.1. Certification of Military Munitions. During acquisition, HERO evaluation and
certification of military munitions shall be accomplished, both for routine employment mission
profiles and for any anticipated joint- or combined-operational employment to include all phases
of the life-cycle EMEs identified in subparagraph V2.E3.7.1.2.

V2.E3.7.1.1. Recertification of Military Munitions. HERO certification shall be
accomplished when legacy military munitions are redesigned or before military munitions are
employed in an EME for which they were not previously HERO certified.

V2.E3.7.1.2. Life Cycle EME. Minimally, HERO certification shall involve evaluation
without adverse effects to military munitions in an EME relevant to all life cycle configurations.
This life cycle is referred to as the stockpile-to-safe-separation sequence or S4, and can consist of
up to six distinct phases: transportation/storage, assembly/disassembly, handling/loading,
staged, platform-loaded, and immediate post-launch.

V2.E3.7.1.3. HERO Database. All data from HERO evaluations shall be compiled in a
centralized data repository to support the Joint Spectrum Center Ordnance Electromagnetic
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