US Government UXO Links

AEPI - The Army Environmental Policy Institute develops policy options and recommendations to better integrate environment with the Army mission.

DDESB - The Department of Defense Explosive Safety Board provides advice to the Secretary of Defense and Service Secretaries on matters concerning explosives safety and to prevent hazardous conditions to life and property on and off Defense of Department installations from the explosives and environmental effects of DOD titled munitions. The DDESB also establishes policy and standards for clearance of UXO from contaminated lands in its document DoD 6055.9-STD "DoD Ammunition and Explosives Safety Standards" July 1999

The Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) is a corporate Department of Defense (DOD) program that promotes innovative, cost effective environmental technologies through demonstration and validation at DOD sites. The ESTCP website provides some information on UXO technologies (http://www.estcp.org/projects/uxo/)

OEMCX - The Ordnance and Explosives Mandatory Center of Expertise and Design Center is located at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville. The MCX’s mission is to safely eliminate or reduce risks from ordnance, explosives and recovered chemical warfare materiel at current or formerly used defense sites.

SERDP - The Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program identifies, develops, and transitions environmental technologies that relate directly to defense mission accomplishment.

USAEC - The US Army Environmental Center (USAEC) integrates, coordinates and oversees implementation of the Army’s Environmental Programs for the Army Staff. The USAEC is able to provide unexploded ordnance (UXO) technology methodology and information to help those in need of UXO technical support.

UXOCOE - The mission of the Department of Defense Unexploded Ordnance Center of Excellence is to improve the effectiveness and economy of UXO clearance research, development, test, and evaluation

Professional Organizations
OER has ties with the following professional organizations:

ASSE - The American Society of Safety Engineers is the oldest and largest professional safety organization. It's 33,000 members manage, supervise and consult on safety, health, and environmental issues in industry, insurance, government and education.

BCSP - The Board of Certified Safety Professionals is a peer certification board with the purpose of certifying practitioners in the safety profession. The specific functions of the Board, are to evaluate the academic and professional experience qualifications of safety professionals, to administer examinations, and to issue certificates of qualification to those professionals who meet the Board's criteria and successfully pass its examinations.

ISEE - The International Society of Explosives Engineers is a professional society dedicated to promoting the safe and controlled use of explosives in mining, quarrying, construction, manufacturing, forestry, and many other commercial pursuits. The Society is recognized as a world leader in providing explosives technology and education, and promoting public understanding of the benefits of explosives.

NAOC - The National Association of OEW Contractors represents and promotes the interests of its members and the public in all aspects of Ordnance and Explosive Waste (OEW) remediation projects.

NREP - The mission of the National Registry of Environmental Professionals is to promote legal and professional recognition of individuals possessing education, training and experience as environmental managers, engineers, technologists, scientists and technicians.

SAME - The Society of American Military Engineers is a non-profit professional engineer association. SAME brings together professional engineers and those in engineering-related fields in order to improve and increase the engineering capabilities of the nation and to exchange and advance the knowledge of engineering technologies, applications, and practices.

Other Links
The following list includes other UXO-related links:

The EOD Memorial is dedicated to those who gave their lives in the performance of EOD duties while a member of the U.S. Armed Forces. Applications for the EOD Memorial Scholarship can be found on this site.

UXO is a problem throughout the world. The UXO LAO website details the scope of the UXO problem in Laos.

The Center for Public Environmental Oversight (CPEO) promotes and facilitates public participation in the oversight of environmental activities of federal facilities, private "Superfund" sites, and Brownfields. The CPEO site also has a number of links and resources, some which pertiain to the UXO industry.