44 CFR § 351.27 - The Department of Defense.

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title: "44 CFR § 351.27 - The Department of Defense."
title_number: 44
title_name: "Emergency Management and Assistance"
section_number: "351.27"
section_name: "The Department of Defense."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
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part_number: "351"
part_name: "RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 552, Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, E.O. 12127, E.O. 12148, E.O. 12241; Presidential Directive of Dec. 7, 1979."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 10759, Mar. 11, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
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# 351.27 The Department of Defense.

(a) Determine appropriate planning bases for Department of Defense (DOD) nuclear facilities and installations (e.g., missile bases, nuclear submarine facilities and weapon storage sites) including distances, time and radiological characteristics.

(b) Develop, with FEMA, representative scenarios from which DOD nuclear facility commanders and State and local governments may select for use in testing and exercising radiological emergency plans.

(c) Assist State and local governments, within the constraints of national security and in coordination with FEMA, in the development, review and assessment of those portions of their radiological emergency plans related to DOD nuclear facilities and assist State officials with planning for response to accidents involving DOD controlled radioactive materials in transit.

(d) Provide representation to and support for the FRPCC and the RACs when appropriate.