The Defense National Stockpile Center (DNSC) is a division of the United States Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) responsible for the acquisition, storage, management, and disposition of strategic and critical materials held in the National Defense Stockpile (NDS). Headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, the DNSC operates storage depots across the United States and manages a reserve of raw materials deemed vital for military, economic, and industrial readiness. The stockpile is designed to ensure the United States has access to essential resources during national emergencies or supply chain disruptions. The DNSC is based in Fort Belvoir and has operations throughout the United States. Materials they offer for sale include: aluminum oxide, beryllium, chromium, cobalt, diamonds, ferrochromium, ferromanganese, iodine, iridium, mica, niobium, platinum group metals, talc, tantalum, thorium, tin, tungsten and zinc.
Facilities The DNSC currently has facilities in, but not limited to: Baton Rouge Depot, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Binghamton Depot, Binghamton, New York Clearfield Depot, Clearfield, Utah Curtis Bay Depot, Curtis Bay, Maryland Gadsden Depot, Gadsden, Alabama Hammond Depot, Hammond, Indiana New Haven Depot, New Haven, Indiana Point Pleasant Depot, Point Pleasant, West Virginia Scotia Depot, Scotia, New York Sharonville Engineer Depot, Sharonville, Ohio Former Somerville Depot, Somerville, New Jersey 152 US Highway 206 South, Hillsborough, NJ 08844Final Status Survey Plan DNSC, Somerville Depot, Hillsborough, NJ, February 2006 http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML0607/ML060730417.pdf Stockton Depot, Stockton, California Voorheesville Depot, Voorheesville, New York Warren Depot, Warren, Ohio
The DNSC formerly had a facility north of Binghamton, New York, in Fenton, New York. A stone spillway at that location was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
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External links Defense National Stockpile Center Defense National Stockpile Center at GlobalSecurity.org