DOD DIRECTIVE 6055.09E
E
XPLOSIVES SAFETY MANAGEMENT (ESM)
Originating Component: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology,
and Logistics
Effective: November 8, 2016
Change 1 Effective: July 28, 2017
Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available on the DoD Issuances Directives
Division Website at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives.
http://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/.
Reissues and Cancels: DoD Directive 6055.9E, “Explosives Safety Management and the DoD
Explosives Safety Board,” August 19, 2005
Approved by: Robert O. Work, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Change 1 Approved by: Michael L. Rhodes, Director for Administration, Office of the Deputy
Chief Management Officer
Purpose: This issuance:
• Implements Section 172 of Title 10, United States Code (U.S.C.) by establishing the DoD
Explosives Safety Board (DDESB).
• Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for the DDESB and DoD ESM, in accordance with
Section 172 of Title 10, U.S.C., and DoD Directives 5134.01 and 4715.1E.
• Provides for the maintenance, oversight, and management of the DDESB as a standing joint board
with a full-time staff.
• Designates the Secretary of the Army as the DoD Executive Agent for Emergency Response to
Transportation Mishaps involving DoD Military Munitions in accordance with DoD Directive 5101.1.
• Authorizes the development and maintenance of supporting and clarifying DoD issuances and other
publications, such as DoD Explosives Safety Regulations and DoD Explosives Safety Standards.
