Seattle, Washington Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 issued a $45,000 fine to the Navy as a result of a formal dispute resolution process involving UXO cleanup options examined in the Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study (RI/FS) for the Jackson Park site. The 232-acre property located in Bremerton, Washington on the EPA's Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) was once home to the former Naval Ammunition Depot (NAD) Puget Sound that operated from 1904 to 1959. The UXO or discarded military munitions (DMM) in the area are the result of past activities conducted at the NAD including the mishandling of military munitions primarily during and after WW I and WW II.

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Los Angeles, California The EPA proposed to add the 160 acre B.F Goodrich site in San Bernardino County to the National Priorities List (NPL) due to concerns over munitions constituents contamination. The site has been in use since the 1940 to store, test, and manufacture munitions, rocket motors, and pyrotechnics. Nearby public drinking water supply wells have already been closed impacting drinking water to the nearby communities of Rialto and Colton.

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) millions of UXO are scattered throughout the Marianas from the heavy bombing and fighting that occurred throughout the area during WWII. Over the past 6 decades, thousands of UXO like the ones shown below have been recovered and destroyed with the assistance of Navy military EOD assets. When the Munitions Rule was implemented several years ago, it required an emergency disposal permit be issued each time a UXO item was reported and subsequently disposed of. This resulted in hundreds of emergency permits being issued over the years which was time consuming and cumbersome to manage.

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