DOD INSTRUCTION 4140.62
M
ATERIAL POTENTIALLY PRESENTING
AN EXPLOSIVE HAZARD (MPPEH)
Originating Component: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics
Effective: August 20, 2015
Change 1, Effective: October 3, 2017
Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available on the Internet from the DoD
Issuances Website at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives. This
issuance is available on the Directives Division Website at
http://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/.
Reissues and cancels: DoD Instruction 4140.62, “Material Potentially Presenting an
Explosive Hazard,” November 25, 2008, as amended
Approved by: Frank Kendall, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics
Change 1, Approved by: Ellen M. Lord, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics
Purpose: In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5134.01 and DoD
Instruction (DoDI) 4140.01, this issuance:
• Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for the management and disposition of
MPPEH, material documented as an explosive hazard (MDEH), and material documented
as safe (MDAS).
• Authorizes other publications related to and supporting the management and disposition
of MPPEH, MDEH, and MDAS.
