[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 24]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

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.



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    (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 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information 

on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go 

to: http://www.archives.gov/federal--register/code--of--federal--

regulations/ibr--locations.html. 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; 69 

FR 18803, Apr. 9, 2004]



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