Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§4281 Strategy for improving post-consumer materials management and water management
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 55— - SAVE OUR SEAS 2.0 › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - IMPROVING DOMESTIC INFRASTRUCTURE TO PREVENT MARINE DEBRIS › § 4281
Summary
Within 1 year after December 18, 2020, EPA Administrator must, with stakeholders, develop a strategy to reduce plastic and other post-consumer waste in waterways and oceans, send it to States, and publish it publicly.
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Title 33, §4281
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(a)Not later than 1 year after December 18, 2020, the EPA Administrator shall, in consultation with stakeholders, develop a strategy to improve post-consumer materials management and infrastructure for the purpose of reducing plastic waste and other post-consumer materials in waterways and oceans.
(b)On development of the strategy under subsection (a), the EPA Administrator shall—
(1)distribute the strategy to States; and
(2)make the strategy publicly available, including for use by—
(A)for-profit private entities involved in post-consumer materials management; and
(B)other nongovernmental entities.
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33 U.S.C. § 4281
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73