RR-S-550E
5. PACKAGING
5.1 Packaging. For acquisition purposes, the packaging requirements shall be as specified in the contract or order (see 6.2). When packaging of materiel is to be performed by DoD or in-house contractor personnel, these personnel need to contact the responsible packaging activity to ascertain packaging requirements. Packaging requirements are maintained by the Inventory Control Point's packaging activities within the Military Service or Defense Agency, or within the Military Service's system commands. Packaging data retrieval is available from the managing Military Department's or Defense Agency's automated packaging files, CD-ROM products, or by contacting the responsible packaging activity
6. NOTES
INFORMATION FOR GUIDANCE ONLY. (This section contains information of a general or explanatory nature that is helpful, but is not mandatory.)
6.1 Intended use. Shackles are intended for use with wire thimbles in assembling spliced cable terminals.
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6.2 Acquisition requirements. Acquisition documents should specify the following:
a. Title, number, and date of this specification. b. PIN (see 1.2).
c. First article required (see 3.1).
d. Packaging requirements (see 5.1).
6.3 Additional reference information. American National Standard M11.1, "Wire Ropes for Mines", may be consulted as a safety standard for the proper usage of items covered by this specification.
6.4 Legacy. International Federal Specification RR-S-00550C(NAVY-SH), March 3, 1978 and Federal
Specification RR-S-5508 February 11, 1974.
6.5 Environmentally preferable material. Environmentally preferable materials should be used to the maximum extent possible to meet the requirements of this specification. As of the dating of this document, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is focusing efforts on reducing 31 priority chemicals. The list of chemicals and additional information is available on their website
https://www.epa.gov/osw/hazard/wastemin/priority.htm. Included in the EPA list of 31 priority chemicals are cadmium, lead and mercury. Use of these materials should be minimized or eliminated unless needed to meet the requirements specified herein (see Section 3).
6.6 Changes from previous issue. The margins of this specification are marked with vertical lines to indicate where changes from the previous issue were made. This was done as a convenience only and the Government assumes no liability whatsoever for any inaccuracies in these notations. 8idders and contractors are cautioned to evaluate the requirements of this document based on the entire content irrespective of the marginal notations and relationship to the last previous issue."
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