[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: 40CFR247.6]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 247_COMPREHENSIVE PROCUREMENT GUIDELINE FOR PRODUCTS CONTAINING 

RECOVERED MATERIALS--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec.  247.6  Affirmative procurement programs.



    RCRA section 6002(i) provides that each procuring agency which 

purchases items designated by EPA must establish an affirmative 

procurement program, containing the four elements listed below, for 

procuring such items containing recovered materials to the maximum 

extent practicable:

    (a) Preference program for purchasing the designated items;

    (b) Promotion program;

    (c) Procedures for obtaining estimates and certifications of 

recovered materials content and for verifying the estimates and 

certifications; and

    (d) Annual review and monitoring of the effectiveness of the 

program.