Mission
Enhance military readiness and support the warfighter by effectively identifying and managing risks associated with the acquisition, use, and disposal of chemicals and materials across the Department of War (DoW).
Defense Chemicals and Materials
Equipment, weapon systems, and platforms provided to the warfighter are made from and depend on critical chemicals and materials. These mission critical chemicals and materials needed for system production, performance, and sustainment are increasingly at risk from becoming non-available.
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For questions or to share concerns on emerging chemical issues, please contact us through the Contact POC page or email our program mailbox: osd.pentagon.ousd-atl.mbx.cmrmp@mail.mil
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About the Program
CMRMP collaborates across the Department, interagency, industry, and academia to collect information on mission critical chemicals and materials and to evaluate the fragility and criticality of chemical and material uses. This enables the Department to protect readiness, people, and the environment by identifying and managing risks associated with the chemicals and materials the Department uses.
CMRMP leads engagement with regulatory agencies and collaborates across the Department and the industrial base to collect emerging scientific and technical information to anticipate changes to environmental and occupational standards that impact the national defense mission.
- Assess new or changing toxicity or regulatory standards as a result of new science, detection capabilities, or exposure pathways.
- Scan current industrial landscape for chemicals and materials that may be regulated or restricted and identify potential impacts to DoW mission readiness, the defense industrial base supply chain, the Foreign Military Sales program, or interoperability with Partners and Allies.
- Assess availability of alternatives, recommend resource allocation to address critical needs and avoid mission impacts due to chemical obsolescence, and communicate options to mitigate enterprise mission risk.
Program Focus Areas
Evolving Global Regulatory Drivers
CMRMP scans and monitors for evolving global regulatory drivers that may limit access to critical chemicals and materials. Visit the Chemical Regulations page to learn more and find resources about a few selected regulations that CMRMP actively tracks.
Why Does It Matter?
Chemicals and materials are critical to the development, operation, and maintenance of systems and platforms for national security. CMRMP monitors emerging environmental and chemical regulations to predict impacts on the availability and use of mission critical chemicals and materials by the Department and the industrial base and identifies proactive, fit-for-purpose risk management options.
Visit the Addressing Emerging Chemical Risk page to learn more about CMRMP’s process for evaluating and mitigating emerging chemical risk.
Advancing SECWAR Priorities
- Restore the Warrior Ethos by ensuring continued availability of and access to mission critical chemicals and materials essential for the lethality of defense capabilities and to support the needs of the warfighter.
- Rebuild our Military by maintaining resilient supply chains that can efficiently and cost effectively deliver mission critical chemicals and materials and by ensuring our forces have access to the existing resources they need for mission readiness and can acquire and field new technologies.
- Reestablish Deterrence by ensuring DoW has adequate sources of mission critical chemicals and materials to match threats to capabilities, rapidly field emerging technologies, and prevent foreign adversaries using these critical resources as threats and exploitations against U.S. interests.