Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-110
§4281 Strategy for Improving Post-consumer Materials Management and Water Management
Title 33 › CHAPTER 55 — SAVE OUR SEAS 2.0 › SUBCHAPTER III — IMPROVING DOMESTIC INFRASTRUCTURE TO PREVENT MARINE DEBRIS › § 4281
Summary
EPA must, within 1 year after December 18, 2020, and after talking with stakeholders, create a plan to improve how used materials are handled and the infrastructure for them to reduce plastic and other post-consumer waste entering rivers and oceans. When the plan is finished, EPA must send it to the States and publish it for businesses and other non-government groups to use.
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §4281
Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)In general
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)Release
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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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 4281
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110