Effective immediately, Handbook AS-701, Material Management, is revised to update the policy for reporting and disposing of Inspection Service controlled items.
Handbook AS-701, Material Management
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6 Asset Recovery: Redistribution, Recycling, and Disposal
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62 Material Identification and Reporting
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624 Reporting of Inactive Inventory
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624.2 Reporting Methods
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624.24 Special Equipment Reporting
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624.243 Inspection Service Items
[Revise text to read as follows:]
Excess Inspection Service controlled items (see Exhibit 624.243) are reported by memorandum to the local postal inspector in charge and listed on the EIC. See section 645.2 for recycling and disposal instructions for Inspection Service controlled items.
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Exhibit 624.243 Special Approval for Inspection Service–Controlled Items
[Replace reference to “EXSEL” with “EIC”.]
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64 Recycling and Disposal
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645 Material Requiring Special Approval
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645.2 Inspection Service Controlled Items
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Inspection Service controlled items (see Exhibit 624.243) that are identified for disposal must be reported to the local postal inspector in charge who will issue disposition instructions. Security containers (aka “safes”) must have the entire locking mechanism including the internal linkages in the door removed before they can be sold, recycled, or otherwise trashed.
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— Asset Management Performance and Accountability, Supply Management, 8-25-11
