Purpose: This pamphlet provides U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) personnel and their contractors with general guidance for establishing and utilizing a temporary Open Burn (OB) and/or Open Detonation (OD) site for the destruction of small quantities of Ordnance and Explosives (OE) in support of OE project operations. The establishment of permanent, large scale OB or OD areas for the destruction of OE is not covered in this pamphlet. The guidance provided in this pamphlet has been compiled from many different Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of the Army (DA) sources and is to be used in the establishment and use of a temporary OB/OD site whenever site-specific conditions allow.
