[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 22]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR238.30]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 238--DEGRADABLE PLASTIC RING CARRIERS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B--Requirement
 
Sec. 238.30  Requirement.


    (a) No processor or person shall manufacture or import, in bulk, 
ring carriers intended for use in the United States unless they are 
designed and manufactured so that the ring carriers degrade to the point 
of 5 percent elongation at break, when tested in accordance with ASTM D-
3826-91, ``Standard Practice for Determining Degradation End Point in 
Degradable Polyolefins Using a Tensile Test'', after the ring carrier is 
exposed to, either:
    (1) 250 light-hours of UV in accordance with ASTM D-5208-91,'' 
Standard Practice for Operating Fluorescent Ultraviolet (UV) and 
Condensation Apparatus for Exposure of Photodegradable Plastics'', using 
cycle A; or
    (2) 35 days, during June and July, to marine conditions in a 
location below the latitude 26 degrees North, in continental United 
States waters.
    (b) The incorporation by reference of ASTM D-3826-91, ``Standard 
Practice for Determining Degradation End Point in Degradable Polyolefins 
Using a Tensile Test'', and ASTM D-5208-91, ``Standard Practice for 
Operating Fluorescent Ultraviolet (UV) and Condensation Apparatus for 
Exposure of Photodegradable Plastics,'' was approved by the director of 
the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 
51. Copies are available from the American Society of Testing and 
Materials, 1916 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. Copies may be 
inspected at the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Docket 
Information Center, (5305), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
Headquarters, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460 or at 
the Office of the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., suite 
700, Washington, DC. These materials are incorporated as they exist on 
the date of the approval and notice of any change in these materials 
will be published in the Federal Register.

[59 FR 9870, Mar. 1, 1994, as amended at 65 FR 47325, Aug. 2, 2000]

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