§1525 Assistance for Facilities Subject to Inspection Under Chemical Weapons Convention

Summary

The Secretary of Defense can give technical help to a facility owner or operator who asks for it when the facility faces a routine or challenge inspection under the Chemical Weapons Convention. That help must go through the Department of Defense’s On‑Site Inspection Agency and may only be given if the Department will be paid back for its costs; the United States National Authority may provide that payment and the repayment must go to the On‑Site Inspection Agency. Chemical Weapons Convention — the treaty ratified by the U.S. on April 25, 1997, and in force April 29, 1997. "Facility subject to a routine inspection" — a declared facility (Annex, part X, para.15). "Challenge inspection" — an inspection under Article IX. "United States National Authority" — the U.S. office set up under Article VII, para.4.