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[CITE: 42USC6914b]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 82--SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
 
 SUBCHAPTER II--OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE; AUTHORITIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
 
Sec. 6914b. Degradable plastic ring carriers; definitions

    As used in this title--
        (1) the term ``regulated item'' means any plastic ring carrier 
    device that contains at least one hole greater than 1\3/4\ inches in 
    diameter which is made, used, or designed for the purpose of 
    packaging, transporting, or carrying multipackaged cans or bottles, 
    and which is of a size, shape, design, or type capable, when 
    discarded, of becoming entangled with fish or wildlife; and
        (2) the term ``naturally degradable material'' means a material 
    which, when discarded, will be reduced to environmentally benign 
    subunits under the action of normal environmental forces, such as, 
    among others, biological decomposition, photodegradation, or 
    hydrolysis.

(Pub. L. 100-556, title I, Sec. 102, Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2779.)

                       References in Text

    This title, referred to in text, is title I of Pub. L. 100-556, Oct. 
28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2779, which enacted sections 6914b and 6914b-1 of 
this title, and provisions set out as a note under section 6914b of this 
title. For complete classification of this title to the Code, see 
Tables.

                          Codification

    Section was not enacted as part of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
which comprises this chapter.


                         Congressional Findings

    Section 101 of Pub. L. 100-556 provided that: ``The Congress finds 
that--
        ``(1) plastic ring carrier devices have been found in large 
    quantities in the marine environment;
        ``(2) fish and wildlife have been known to have become entangled 
    in plastic ring carriers;
        ``(3) nondegradable plastic ring carrier devices can remain 
    intact in the marine environment for decades, posing a threat to 
    fish and wildlife; and
        ``(4) 16 States have enacted laws requiring that plastic ring 
    carrier devices be made from degradable material in order to reduce 
    litter and to protect fish and wildlife.''
