§ 320.3 - Responsibilities.

(a) All departments and agencies of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government are responsible for adherence to the policy and criteria herein set forth with respect to programs under their control. Without limitation, specific reference is made to the following:

(1) All agencies:

(i) Programs for minimizing the vulnerability of the mobilization base (DMO I-4, paragraph 17);

(ii) Consideration of dispersed location and protective construction in the review of application for tax amortization (DMO III-1, paragraphs 4 and 5);

(iii) Application of Dispersion Standards to Facilities of the Executive Branch, in accordance with policy and standards issued by the Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

(2) Department of Defense—Programs for maximum use of dispersed plants, and development of standards for strategic locations and physical security. (DMO I-12, paragraph 2, g, h, and o.)

(3) Department of the Interior—Programs for continuity of production of certain assigned industries.

(4) Department of Agriculture—Programs for operation of vital food facilities.

(5) Department of Commerce—Programs for dispersion and continuity of production.

(6) Federal Emergency Management Agency—Development and coordination of plans and programs for the reduction of urban vulnerability.

(b) The Department of Commerce is responsible for providing guidance and assistance to departments and agencies of the Federal Government, to industry, public and private persons and organizations including local Dispersion Committees, in the application of the policy and criteria contained herein.

(1) By agreement between the Department of Defense and the Department of Commerce, Department of Defense will provide guidance on certain industrial and other non-military projects in which it has a direct and special interest.

(2) The Department of Commerce may make similar arrangements with other departments and agencies to provide guidance on projects in which they have a direct and special interest, provided that reasonable safeguards to assure consistency and uniformity in the application of the policy and standards are maintained.

(3) The Department of Defense is responsible for the application of this policy to military projects without consultation with the Department of Commerce, but with due regard to thelocation of other vital facilities and plans for reduction of urban vulnerability as developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

(c) The Federal Emergency Management Agency, responsible for the development and coordination of plans and programs for the reduction of urban vulnerability, is responsible for integrating at the metropolitan target zone level dispersion actions with all other measures which can make urban areas less attractive targets. It is also responsible for promulgating construction standards and specifications for the protection of persons and property from nuclear and unconventional weapons effects. The Department of Commerce and all others concerned will be governed by such standards in rendering the guidance and assistance described in paragraph (b) of this section.