R 161447Z SEP 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 529/11
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC L LFL(UC)/F002//
SUBJ/PROPERTY CLASSIFICATION AND ASSET MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES FOR PERMANENT COMMUNICATIONS TOWERS//
REF/A/DESC:MCO P11000.2C/-/-//
REF/B/DESC:MCO P11000.5G/-/-//
REF/C/DESC:NAVFAC P-78/-/-//
REF/D/DESC:OPNAVINST 11010.20G/-/-//
REF/E/DESC:SECNAVINST 11011.47B/-/-//
REF/F/DESC:DOD FMR VOL 3, CHAPTER 17/-/-//
REF/G/DESC:DOD FMR VOL 2B, CHAPTER 8/-/-//
REF/H/DESC:UFC 2-00-05N/-/-//
POC/R. D. WELBORN/GS-15/UNIT:HQMC/NAME:LFL /EMAIL:ROGER.D.WELBORN@USMC.MIL//
NARR/REF A IS REAL PROPERTY FACILITIES MANUAL, VOLUME II, FACILITIES PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING. REF B IS REAL PROPERTY FACILITIES MANUAL, VOLUME IV, FACILITIES PROJECTS MANUAL.  REF C IS REAL PROPERTY INVENTORY PROCEDURES MANUAL.  REF D IS FACILITIES PROJECT INSTRUCTION. REF E IS ACQUISITION, MANAGEMENT, AND DISPOSAL OF REAL PROPERTY AND REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.  REF F IS DOD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION, ACCOUNTING REQUIREMENTS FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. REF G IS DOD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION, FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT AND RESTORATION/MODERNIZATION.  REF H IS THE UNIFIED FACILITIES CODE FOR FACTORS, CRITERIA, AND TECHNIQUES FOR USE IN DEVELOPING BASIC FACILITY REQUIREMENTS.//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  PER REFERENCES (A) THROUGH (H), COMMUNICATIONS TOWERS AND ASSOCIATED SHELTERS AND PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SHALL  BE CLASSIFIED AS CLASS II REAL PROPERTY WHEN THE INTENDED PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE AN INSTALLATION WITH A PERMANENT COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITY. UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE SHOULD BE NO PLANS TO RELOCATE OR DEPLOY THE TOWER.  TOWER HEIGHT AND NUMBER OF USERS IS NOT A FACTOR IN DETERMINING THE PROPERTY CLASSIFICATION.
2.  COMMUNICATIONS TOWERS DESIGNED TO DEPLOY WITH THE OPERATING FORCES OR SERVE AS A MOBILE CAPABILITY (RELOCATABLE) SHALL BE CATEGORIZED AS CLASS III EQUIPMENT, ASSIGNED A STOCK CONTROL NUMBER, PRESCRIBED AN APPROVED ALLOWANCE ON UNIT TABLES OF EQUIPMENT (T/E) AND ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE APPROPRIATE CLASS III EQUIPMENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEM (DPAS/GCSS-MC-TFSMS.)
A. TOWERS CLASSIFIED AS CLASS III EQUIPMENT SHALL BE PROCURED WITH PROCUREMENT MARINE CORPS (PMC) OR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE MARINE CORPS (O-M MC) FUNDING AND ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE REMAINDER OF THIS POLICY. PER REFERENCE (D), ANTENNAS ARE TYPICALLY CONSIDERED CLASS III EQUIPMENT WHEN THEY ARE ATTACHED TO TOWERS OR OTHER PERMANENT STRUCTURES AND CAN BE READILY REMOVED.
B. FOR ACQUISITION AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT HAVE REAL PROPERTY FACILITIES REQUIREMENTS, DC I-L WILL ASSIST THE RESPONSIBLE PROGRAM OFFICE IN COORDINATING THE SUBMISSION OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WITH THE INSTALLATIONS AND REGIONAL COMMANDS.  SUBMITTED PROJECTS WILL COMPETE FOR FUNDING WITH ALL OTHER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WITHIN THE MILCON AND FSRM PROGRAMS.
3.  IAW REFERENCE (F), TOWERS CLASSIFIED AS CLASS II REAL PROPERTY SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED AND FUNDED AS REAL PROPERTY THROUGH THE MILCON OR FSRM PROCESS.  THE DD1391 SHALL INCLUDE THE COMMUNICATIONS TOWER AS WELL AS ANY OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO MAKE THE TOWER A COMPLETE AND USABLE ASSET, SUCH AS EQUIPMENT SHELTERS, UTILITIES, AND POWER SOURCES. THE DD1391 SHALL NOT INCLUDE CLASS III EQUIPMENT THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE TOWER SUCH AS REPEATERS, ANTENNAS, OR OTHER EQUIPMENT BELONGING TO A SYSTEM OR PROGRAM OF RECORD.
4.  COMMUNICATIONS TOWERS CLASSIFIED AS CLASS II REAL PROPERTY WILL BE SUSTAINED BY THE INSTALLATION THROUGH THE USE OF LOCAL FSRM FUNDING. IAW REF (G), SUSTAINMENT FUNDING IS PROVIDED FOR EACH FACILITY RECORDED IN THE INTERNET NAVY FACILITIES ASSETS DATA STORE (INFADS), THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS' REAL PROPERTY INVENTORY SYSTEM.
5.  COMMUNICATIONS TOWERS AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE CLASSIFIED AS CLASS II REAL PROPERTY SHALL BE RECORDED IN INFADS WITH THE APPROPRIATE CATEGORY CODE IAW THE FOLLOWING GUIDANCE:  ANTENNA, CATEGORY CODE 13210; SUPPORT BUILDING OR SHELTER, CATEGORY CODE 13122; GENERATOR, USED AS PRIMARY POWER SOURCE, CATEGORY CODE 81110; BACK-UP GENERATOR, CATEGORY CODE 81160 (TO BE USED ONLY IF SUPPORT BUILDING CATEGORY CODE DOES NOT INCLUDE UNINTERRUPTED POWER SOURCE (UPS) AND BACK-UP POWER.)
6.  COMMUNICATIONS TOWERS PLANNED, PROGRAMMED, AND CONSTRUCTED AFTER THE DATE OF THIS MARADMIN RELEASE SHALL ADHERE TO THIS POLICY TO ENSURE THAT THE APPROPRIATE SUSTAINMENT FUNDING IS PROVIDED TO THE INSTALLATIONS.
A. IAW TITLE 10 REGULATIONS, EXISTING COMMUNICATIONS TOWERS AND SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE SHALL BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PROPERTY INVENTORY SYSTEM THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE MEANS OF THEIR PROCUREMENT OR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTAINED BY THE ORGANIZATION THAT PURCHASED THE EQUIPMENT.
B. WAIVERS TO THIS POLICY CAN BE REQUESTED IN WRITING TO DC I-L. REQUESTS MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
1) PURPOSE OF COMMUNICATIONS TOWERS
2) YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION OR INSTALLMENT
3) EQUIPMENT LIFECYCLE SUSTAINMENT PLAN
4) ACCOUNTABILITY PROCEDURES OF ALL INSTALLED OR FIELDED EQUIPMENT
5) COST AND FUNDING SOURCE FOR ALL FIELDED OR INSTALLED EQUIPMENT.  DC I-L WILL PROVIDE A LETTER APPROVING OR DISAPPROVING THE WAIVER REQUEST.
7.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN F. PANTER, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR INSTALLATIONS AND LOGISTICS.//