Federal Register - "Designation of Product Categories for Federal Procurement"

Title: Designation of Product Categories for Federal Procurement Source: Federal Register Data/Action: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (Final Rule) Date: 11/19/2012 Text Preview: Procurement Guideline program for recovered content products under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Section 6002. USDA does not believe that any of the product categories being designated for Federal preferred procurement in today's rulemaking overlap with an EPA-designated recovered used for precision cleaners by the EPA Significant New Alternative Policy (SNAP) program. The commenter stated that the USDA definition seems to cross over the SNAP categories that include metals, electronics, and precision cleaning. 4. Costs to Industry and Government. The commenter stated that cleaners and solvents is consistent with the goals and objectives of the BioPreferred program and has finalized the designation in today's rulemaking. With regard to the commenter's statements about potential conflicts with EPA VOC rules, USDA has not attempted to address other regulatory requirements