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The Service concerned must consider a member eligible for Hazardous Duty Incentive Pay if Toxic Fuels Or Propellants Duty is performed by the member under competent orders at the Permanent Duty Station and any of the following are true:
- The member is servicing aircraft or missiles with highly toxic fuels for testing of aircraft or missile systems during which highly toxic fuels are used when performed as a primary duty.
- The member is involved with removing, replacing, and servicing of the emergency power unit of an aircraft with H-70 propellant.
- The member is participating in an emergency response force, spill containment, or spill cleanup involving H-70 propellant.
- The member is handling and maintaining the liquid propellants used in the Titan weapon system if such duty requires the qualification in the use of the rocket fuel handler's clothing outfit involving:
- launch duct operations, including flow, pressurization, on-load, off-load, or tear down involving propellant transfer operations
- set-up, installation, or tear down for fuel oxidizer flow
- decontamination of equipment, including rocket fuel handler's clothing outfit
- venting or pressurizing missile fuel or oxidizer tanks
- removing or replacing missile components while missile fuel and oxidizer tanks are loaded with such propellants
- transferring propellants between commercial and military holding trailers; or between holding trailers and fuel oxidizer pump rooms
- preventive maintenance activities including seal changes
- The member is handling and maintaining the propellants, unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine and inhibited red-fuming nitric used in the LANCE missile system.
- The member is handling, transporting, or working with toxic fuels or propellants by members assigned to the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Lab who:
- directly manage and inspect the activities of crew members conducting operations involving experimental rocket propulsion systems and components
- directly monitor and set up measurement instruments in operational areas where contamination is suspected or may be physically present
- install and remove instrumentation devices propulsion systems and components
- perform final tests preparation and immediate safety inspection duties around pressurized, active systems during pre-run test periods
- install and repair electrical systems
- The member is handling, loading, unloading, and transporting toxic fuels and oxidizers at the precision sled track while working with the liquid rocket sled which uses JP-X and red-fuming nitric acid and a propulsion.
- The member is involved with toxic substances contained in missile or aircraft weapon system fuels or propellants as determined by the Secretary concerned. |