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CMP Regulation 1; This Regulation sets forth basic rights and obligations 

 under the Controlled Materials Plan, It defines the classes of persons, allotments, 

 A products, B products, programs, and tells how allotments should be made and orders 

 placeda It also lists in Schedule 1 the shapes and forms of steel, copper, and 

 aluminum which constitute controlled materials, 



CMF Regulation 3_: This Regulation defines the preference status of delivery 

 orders under CMP. Section 6(a) says, in part, that vjhen a Claimant Agency makes 

 an allotment and approves a production schedule, a DO rating shall be assigned. 

 Thus, when a construction project is approved, a rating can also be granted wdiich 

 the customer can use to buy necessary B products and such noncontrolled-material 

 items as lumber. 



CMP Regulation 6_: ChTP Regulation 6 explains how to get materials for con- 

 struction under the Controlled Ilaterials Plan. The order specifies the forms to 

 be used in applying for permission to construct a facility, explains how construc- 

 tion schedules are authorized, and how allotments are made, 



ICA Form CMP-4C ; Form C1'P-4C is to be used for requesting an allotment of 

 controlled materials and/or a DO rating for other materials and equipment pursuant 

 to CMP Regulation 5. It may also be used for applying for authorization to com- 

 mence construction pursuant to NPA Order M-4 for which purpose it replaces use of 

 Form NPAF-&4. The latter form may still be used to apply for adjustment or excep- 

 tion to Order M-4, 



NPAF-24 : Prior to the issuance of Form CI-I^-4C, Form KPAF-24 was used by ap- 

 plicants in applying for exception to the prohibition of construction of items on 

 List A of M-4, and for authorization for items on Lists B and C. As indicated in 

 the previous paragraph, the form may still be used for applications for adjustment 

 or exception to Order M-4. 



As a result of the above orders and actions, there has been provided a stream- 

 lined plan whereby DFA can receive and act. upon construction cases in its own name, 

 and where approval is given, can make an allotment of controlled materials and 

 grant an accompanying preference rating. Unfortunately, in order to approve an 

 application, DFA must allot and charge its quota and, at the moment, it has no 

 quota. However, it is expected that a quota of materials vjill be made available 

 in the near future. 



Therefore, applicants who are seriously considering construction, or who have 

 already started construction and need priority assistance to complete it, should 

 submit a request on Form CMP-4C as p]?oniptly as possible so that DFA may detennine 

 the total requests and how they compare with the quota of materials available for 

 construction. A late filer for a very essential project may find the quota ex- 

 hausted and be forced to wait for future qxiarterly allocations. 



Again, it must be stressed that controlled material allotments can be made for 

 advance quarters and that the more realistically they are scheduled out into the 

 quarters when the materials will actually need to be delivered, the more chance of 

 approval and delivery, and the less the strain on the fishery program as v;ell as 

 the entire economy. 



Unless materials can be obtained from warehouse stocks, it is already too late 

 to ask for third-quarter delivery. It is unlikely that allotments can be approved 



