Surplus property disposal

Half a dozen years after the close of World War I, the CWS was still disposing of surplus property. With the passage of time additional materials, particularly chemicals, became surplus and these the CWS disposed of by transfer to other branches of the War Department or to civilian agencies. In 1937 several of the deteriorated buildings at Edge-wood Arsenal were sold as surplus. ... 

The Baruch-Hancock Report of February 1944 led to drastic reforms in the field of property disposal no less than in contract termination. The first result was establishment of a Surplus Property Administration in the Office of War Mobilization. The Surplus Property Administration arranged for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to act as a disposal agency in addition to the Procurement Division of the Treasury Department. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation handled general purpose equipment, machine tools, and chemicals, while the Procurement Division, Treasury Department, was restricted to consumer-type property. 

While the CWS conducted its surplus property functions under the general supervision of Headquarters, ASF, it also had direct contacts with the Surplus Property Board and later the Surplus Property Administration. The Property Disposal Branch in the chiefs office formulated pro-... 

Among the most important of property disposal procedures was the compiling of complete descriptions of each individual item to be disposed of. It was not possible, for example, to sell a gas mask production line as such. Instead, a complete description of every item going into that line, such as motors and sewing machines, had to be made. After the description was drawn up it was circulated to likely military branches, such as the Ordnance Department or the Corps of Engineers. If these had no use for the item and it was less than 100 in value it could be sold to a war contractor. In September 1944 an innovation was introduced in that items for sale were disposed of through the service command, which had more facilities for effective sales. The items that were not sold were declared surplus to the Surplus Property Board and later the Surplus Property Administration. ... 

The use of the word dispose for supplies means burial to us, whereas salvage for property means to sell or keep. Because there did not appear to be much interest in surplus poison gas after the war—a reason cited by chemical companies for decUning the offer of production contracts— it... 

Federal Disposal System a real-time, online computer database managed by the GSA (since 1992) for recording, tracking and controlling the nationwide inventory of excess and surplus personal property inventory (e.g., equipment, commodities, including chemicals) of the Federal government. For additional information on using FEDS, access http //pub.fss.gsa.gov/propertv/. 

Kiln dusts (KD) - 64% of the cement kiln dusts (CKD) produced is reused within the cement plant - CKD is used as a stabilizing agent for wastes, where its absorptive capacity and alkaline properties can reduce the moisture content, increase the bearing capacity, and provide an alkaline environment for waste materials - At the present time, approximately 80% of the surplus CKD remaining after reuse in cement manufacturing is stockpiled or land filled - Most of the LKD generated in the United States is currently disposed of in stockpiles or landfills 88-98... 

An R D substance that is the subject of a SNUR must be disposed of consistent with the SNUR if the SNUR puts restrictions on disposal the R D processor is not exempt from those restrictions. Similarly, any further use of the R D substance must be consistent with the SNUR restrictions. For example, if the SNUR prohibits incorporating the R D substance into an article unless the processor files a SNUN, then the processor cannot incorporate the substance into an article without violating the R D exemption rules. As a result there is no blanket authorization to distribute surplus R D material if it is an impurity or part of an article. The R D regulations must be followed even if the purpose of the R D is to evaluate the substance for its pesticidal properties. 

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