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[CITE: 42USC6952]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 82--SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
 
 SUBCHAPTER V--DUTIES OF SECRETARY OF COMMERCE IN RESOURCE AND RECOVERY
 
Sec. 6952. Development of specifications for secondary materials

    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.

(Pub. L. 89-272, title II, Sec. 5002, as added Pub. L. 94-580, Sec. 2, 
Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2820; amended Pub. L. 96-482, Sec. 21(a), Oct. 
21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2346; Pub. L. 100-418, title V, Sec. 5115(c), Aug. 
23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1433.)


                               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''.
