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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§6952 Development of specifications for secondary materials

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 82— - SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - DUTIES OF SECRETARY OF COMMERCE IN RESOURCE AND RECOVERY › § 6952

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Create guidelines for specifications that classify materials recovered from waste meant for disposal. The Secretary of Commerce, through the National Institute of Standards and Technology and with national recovery standards groups, must hold public hearings and publish those guidelines no later than two years after September 1, 1979. The specifications must cover physical and chemical traits for using recovered materials instead of virgin materials, help federal buying of such items, and encourage publishing and updating standards.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §6952

The Public Health and Welfare — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and in conjunction with national standards-setting organizations in resource recovery, shall, after public hearings, and not later than two years after September 1, 1979, publish guidelines for the development of specifications for the classification of materials recovered from waste which were destined for disposal. The specifications shall pertain to the physical and chemical properties and characteristics of such materials with regard to their use in replacing virgin materials in various industrial, commercial, and governmental uses. In establishing such guidelines the Secretary shall also, to the extent feasible, provide such information as may be necessary to assist Federal agencies with procurement of items containing recovered materials. The Secretary shall continue to cooperate with national standards-setting organizations, as may be necessary, to encourage the publication, promulgation and updating of standards for recovered materials and for the use of recovered materials in various industrial, commercial, and governmental uses.

Legislative History

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Amendments

1988—Pub. L. 100–418 substituted “National Institute of Standards and Technology” for “National Bureau of Standards”. 1980—Pub. L. 96–482 substituted “
September 1, 1979” for “
October 21, 1976”.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 6952

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73