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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102

§6952 Development of Specifications for Secondary Materials

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

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

After hearings and by two years after September 1, 1979, the Secretary of Commerce, through NIST and national resource‑recovery standards groups, must publish guidelines to classify materials recovered from waste destined for disposal and keep working with standards groups to update standards. The guidelines must describe the physical and chemical traits so recovered materials can replace virgin materials in industry, business, and government.

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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

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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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

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102