32 CFR § 188.5 - Responsibilities.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s188.5"
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title: "32 CFR § 188.5 - Responsibilities."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "188.5"
section_name: "Responsibilities."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "L"
subchapter_name: "ENVIRONMENT"
part_number: "188"
part_name: "DOD ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY ACCREDITATION PROGRAM (ELAP)"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "15 U.S.C. 3701; Pub. L. 106-554, 114 Stat. 2763."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 80998, Nov. 17, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
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# 188.5 Responsibilities.

(a) *Secretaries of the Military Departments and Director, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA).* The Director, DLA, is under the authority, direction, and control of the USD(AT&L), through the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness. The Secretaries of the Military Departments and Director, DLA:

(1) Provide resources to support project-specific government oversight for the collection of definitive data in support of the DERP.

(2) Provide resources to support project-specific laboratory approvals, if required.

(b) *Secretary of the Navy.* In addition to the responsibilities in paragraph (a) of this section, the Secretary of the Navy plans, programs, and budgets for DoD EDQW activities necessary to support government oversight of the DoD ELAP.