The item has an individual item cost of ,000
proper form to use as a custody record and inventory
control document. A complete description of the item
or more.
must be shown, and, when required, any serial
numbers.
Host-Activity-Owned Plant Property
Even though the control of items is ultimately the
One of the categories of property that you will
responsibility of the commanding officer or the officer
encounter at a MOMAU unit or detachment is
in charge, physical custody of these items may be given
host-activity-owned plant property. Any plant property
to different departments, as required. For the record,
that is provided to the unit or the detachment by the
the subcustody annotation should also be documented
host activity and that is reported by the host activity is
on a duplicate NAVSUP Form 306 and signed by the
not accounted for by COMOMAG. It is reported under
subcustodian. The original custody documents should
local procedures.
be held by the commanding officer or the officer in
charge and kept under lock and key.
COMOMAG-Owned Plant Property
I nv e n t o r y o f a l l m i n o r p r o p e r t y a n d
Another category of property that you will
controlled-equipage items is accomplished from 15
encounter at a MOMAU unit or detachment is
February to 15 March of each year. Upon completion
COMOMAG-owned plant property. Any plant pro-
of the inventory, a letter report, indicating the findings,
perty provided to the unit or the detachment by
is sent to COMOMAG within 30 days. Inventories are
COMOMAG is reported to COMOMAG. Plant
also required upon the relief of the commanding officer
property is inventoried on a 3-year cyclical inven-
or the officer in charge or any department head with
tory, as directed by the naval supply center (NSC).
subcustody. In addition, all items must be sighted upon
COMOMAG forwards the forms for conducting this
relief of the unit or detachment's Storekeeper.
inventory. Reporting procedures, as well as requisi-
tions, inventories, and surveys of COMOMAG-owned
MATERIAL STOWAGE
p l a n t p r o p e r t y, a r e c o n t a i n e d i n C O M O M AG /
Material that is maintained in the warehouse, in
MOMAUINST 4000.1.
magazines, or in other stowage areas should be
MINOR PROPERTY AND
arranged to ensure compliance with the following
CONTROLLED-EQUIPAGE ITEMS
actions:
Maximize the use of available space.
Minor property and controlled-equipage items are
Provide orderly stowage and ready accessibility.
property that is acquired for immediate use and has a
unit cost of less than the investment/expense funding
Reduce the possibility of material loss or
threshold used by Congress for appropriating funds.
damage.
Also, it has a useful life of less than 2 years.
Minimize the possibility of personnel harm or
Minor property and controlled-equipage items can
equipment damage.
easily be converted to personal use; therefore, they
Ensure that the first-in-first-out (FIFO) method
must be accounted for by proper internal control. The
controlled-equipage item list (CEIL) is an item listing
is used to ensure that the oldest material is issued
that the fleet commanders in chief developed jointly to
first.
control special inventory control items. The items,
Make inventories easier.
selected to be managed as controlled equipage, are
categorized and are listed as signature and
Through the proper use of current instructions,
non-signature controlled items. This list is available in
good judgement, proper planning, and common sense,
NAVSUP P-485.
you will be able to achieve the best stowage from your
spaces.
If the CEIL is determined to be insufficient, the
commanding officer or the officer in charge may
Material Protection
designate additional equipage items that are believed
to require control.
Material that is received by your command should
The Controlled-Equipage Custody Record
have some type of preservation packaging and packing
(NAVSUP Form 306), as shown in figure 2-10, is the
applied to it. These protection levels are designed to
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