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[CITE: 42USC6914b-1]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 82--SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
 
 SUBCHAPTER II--OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE; AUTHORITIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
 
Sec. 6914b-1. Regulation of plastic ring carriers

    Not later than 24 months after October 28, 1988 (unless the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that it 
is not feasible or that the byproducts of degradable regulated items 
present a greater threat to the environment than nondegradable regulated 
items), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall 
require, by regulation, that any regulated item intended for use in the 
United States shall be made of naturally degradable material which, when 
discarded, decomposes within a period established by such regulation. 
The period within which decomposition must occur after being discarded 
shall be the shortest period of time consistent with the intended use of 
the item and the physical integrity required for such use. Such 
regulation shall allow a reasonable time for affected parties to come 
into compliance, including the use of existing inventories.

(Pub. L. 100-556, title I, Sec. 103, Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2779.)

                          Codification

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

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6914b of this title.
