Section II. STORAGE AND SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

SB 740-95-700

SECTION II.

STORAGE AND SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

plan provided in this bulletin. If the suspect lot is found

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References. The following publications form a

serviceable, it remains a part of the depot lot. If the

part of this bulletin to the extent specified.

suspect lot is found unserviceable, the lot is eligible for

AR 380-5

Information Security Program

rework or disposal in accordance with existing

Regulation

regulations. When 20 percent of the lots within the depot

AR 700-89

Identification, Control, and

lot have become unserviceable, the depot lot shall be

Utilization of Shelf-Life

dissolved and the individual lots therein tested on a lot-

Items

by-lot basis. A depot lot must meet criteria as follows:

AR 702-7

Reporting of Quality Deficiency

(1) Kind, type, and model. All items must

Data

be the same kind, type, and model.

AR 708-1

Cataloging and Supply Manage-

(2) Storage. All items must be stored

ment Data

under similar conditions at the same depot.

AR 725-50

Requisitioning, Receipt, and

(3) Serviceability status. All lots must

Issue System

possess the same serviceability status, i.e., serviceability

AR 740-1

Storage and Supply Activity

known (based upon prior surveillance) or serviceability

Operations

unknown. However, when new procurement is involved,

AR 740-3

Care of Supplies in Storage

base serviceability on acceptance inspection, not on

(COSIS)

surveillance.

MIL-STD-105

Sampling Procedures and Ta-

c. Grand lot.

A grand lot is formed by

bles for Inspection by At-

combining all lots from one manufacturer into a large

tributes

single lot. Actual formation is a paper transaction,

TM 743-200-1

Sorage and Materials Handling

regrouping and marking of the materiel in storage is not

required. A grand lot, as such, cannot be declared

NOTE

unserviceable. When, through surveillance, a lot within

Additional reference peculiar to a

the grand lot appears unserviceable, withdraw the lot or

given group of subject items will be

lots and take additional samples by the sampling plan

cited in the appendix for the group of

provided in this bulletin. If the suspect lot is found

items.

serviceable, it remains a part of the grand lot. If the

suspect lot is found unserviceable, the lot is eligible for

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Safety. During surveillance and normal handling

rework or disposal in accordance with existing

(TM 743-200-1) of subject items, inspection personnel

regulations. When 20 percent of the lots within the grand

shall observe the safety precautions prescribed for the

lot have become unserviceable, the grand lot shall be

operations

personnel,

the

Standing

Operating

dissolved and the individual lots therein tested on a lot-

Procedures (SOPs), the safety precautions cited in

by-lot basis. A grand lot must meet criteria as follows:

technical manuals describing the materiel, and special

(1) Kind, type, and model. All lots must be

safety precautions cited in the applicable appendix of this

the same kind, type, and model.

bulletin.

(2) Manufacture. All lots must be the

product of the same manufacturer or reconditioning

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Lotting.

agency.

(3) Preservation, unit packing, packing

a. Type of Lotting Permitted. The applicable

and marking.

All lots must have the same type

appendix of this bulletin specifies the type of lotting

preservation, unit packing, packing and marking.

permitted consistent with prescribed surveillance

(4) Storage. All lots must be stored under

directives, when conducting surveillance of the subject

similar conditions at the same depot.

items.

(5) Serviceability status. All lots must

b. Depot lot.

A depot lot is formed by

possess the same serviceability status, i.e., serviceability

combining lots regardless of manufacturer or age into a

known (based upon prior surveillance) or serviceability

large single lot. Actual formation is a paper transaction;

unknown. However, when new procurement is involved,

re- grouping and marking of the material in storage is not

base serviceability on acceptance inspection not on

required. A depot lot, as such, cannot be declared

surveillance.

unserviceable. When, through surveillance, a lot within

the depot lot appears unserviceable, withdraw the lot or

lots and take additional samples utilizing the sampling

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