Federal Register/ Vol. 63, No. 109/Monday, June 8, 1998/Notices
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[SWH-FRL-6108-7]
Recovered Materials Advisory Notice I
Update
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice of availability of
document.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) today is
providing notice of the issuance of an
update to its May 1,1995 Recovered
Materials Advisory Notice I (RMAN I).
The update to RMAN I (RMAN I
Update) provides guidance to procuring
agencies for purchasing certain items
containing recovered materials. Under
section 6002 of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 197,6,
EPA designates items that are or can be
made with recovered materials and
provides recommendations for the
procurement of these items. In 1989,
EPA designated building insulation
products and in 1995, EPA designated
polyester carpet for use in low- and
medium-wear applications. EPA's
recommendations for purchasing these
items were published in the 1995
RMAN I, Today's RMAN I Update
contains a new reference to GSA's
carpet schedule and a recommendation
for the recovered materials content level
for plastic batt building insulation.
EPA's 1995 recommendations for
purchasing other types of building
insulation remain unchanged.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general information contact the RCRA
Hotline at (800) 424-9346 or TDD (800)
553-7672 (hearing impaired). In the
Washington, DC metropolitan area, call
(703) 412-9810 or TDD (703) 412-3323.
For technical information on individual
item recommendations, contact Terry
Grist at (703) 308-7257.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Authority
The Recovered Materials Advisory
Notice I Update (RMAN I Update) is
issued under the authority of sections
2002(a) and 6002 of the Solid Waste
Disposal Act, as amended by the
Resource Conservation and Recovery'
Act of 1976 (RCRA), as amended; 42
U.S.C. 6912(a) and 2962; and section
502 of Executive Order 12873 (58 FR
54911, October 20, 1993).
II. Background
Section 6002 of RCRA establishes a
Federal buy-recycled program. RCRA
section 6002(e) requires EPA to (1)
.designate items that are or can be made
with recovered materials and (2) prepare
guidelines to assist procuring agencies
in complying with affirmative
procurement requirements set forth in
paragraphs (c), (d), and (i) of section
6002. Once EPA has designated items,
section 6002 requires'that any procuring
agency using appropriated Federal
funds to procure those items must
purchase them composed of the highest
percentage of recovered materials
practicable. For the purposes of RCRA
section 6002, procuring agencies
include the following: (1) any Federal" •
agency; (2) any State or local agencies
using appropriated Federal funds for a
procurement, or (3) any contractors with
these agencies (with respect to work
performed under the contract). The
requirements of RCRA section 6002
apply to such procuring agencies only
when procuring designated items where
the price of the item exceeds $ 10,000 or
the quantity of the item purchased in
the previous year exceeded $10,000.
Executive Order 12873 (the Executive
Order) (58 FR 54911, October 22, 1993)
directs EPA to designate items in a
Comprehensive Procurement Guideline
(CPG) and publish guidance that
contains EPA's recommended recovered"
• content levels for the designated items
in the RMANs. The Executive Order
further directs EPA to update the CPG
annually and the RMANs periodically to
reflect changes in market conditions.
EPA codifies the CPG designations in
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
but, because the recommendations are
guidance, the RMANs are not codified
in the CFR, This process enables EPA to
revise its recommendations in response
to changes in a product's availability or
recovered materials content so as to
provide timely assistance to procuring
agencies in fulfilling their
responsibilities under section 6002.
EPA fssued CPG I on May 1. 1995 (60
FR 21370) designating 19 new items, -
including polyester carpet, and
published RMAN I for the designated
items on the same day (60 FR 21386).
These notices also consolidated the
guidelines previously issued for, five
items designated between 1983 and
1989, including building insulation
products. At the time the 1995 RMAN
I was published, the U.S. General
Services Administration (GSA) offered
polyester carpet containing recovered
materials through the New Item . '
Introductory Schedule (NIIS). RMAN I
referenced that schedule. Since theji,
GSA has added polyester carpet
containing recovered materials to its
carpet schedule, and this item is no
longer available through the NIIS.
Accordingly, today's RMAN I Update
references the current GSA carpet
schedule.
Additionally, the RMAN I Update
contains an addition to the 1995
recommendations for building ,
insulation products—recovered
materials content levels for plastic non-
woven batt building insulation. EPA ,
recently learned that this type of
insulation is now available containing
recovered materials. EPA's 1995
recommendations for other types of
building insulation products remain
unchanged. ?
HI. Accessing Internet
EPA's Comprehensive Procurement
Guidelines and eco-purchasing web
pages contain fact sheets about each
product category in which EPA has
designated recycled content products,
lists of manufacturers and vendors of
these products, copies of the
Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines
and related RMANs, and technical
background documents.
Follow these instructions to access
the information electronically:
WWW: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/
non-hw/procure.htm.
FTP: ftp.epa.gov
Login: anonymous
Password: your Internet address
Files are located in /pub/epaoswer.
IV. Use of EPA's Recommendations
EPA encourages state and local
agencies to use the recommendations in
today's RMAN I Update when
purchasing plastic batt building
insulation or polyester carpet containing
recovered materials. EPA also
encourages private sector purchasers to
use the information provided by EPA
when purchasing these items. EPA
recommends that purchasers establish
their minimum content standards at'the
highest percentages available to them
that achieve their price and performance
objectives, even if these standards are
higher or lower than EPA's
recommendations. If a product is not
available at a competitive price
containing the recommended recovered
material content levels, purchasers
should set their standards at the highest
levels available to diem that meet their
price and performance objectives. In
this way, EPA's recommendations will
encourage both public and private
sector purchasers to purchase the
designated items containing the highest
levels of recovered material practicable.
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EPA cautions persons using EPA's
recommendations to use them only for
thfrjSpecJflc Items for which they were
intended, It is not appropriate to
analogize from one type of insulation or
carpet to another without first
researching the~use oTrecb vered
lals'ii) the other items. The two
could have different performa nee
refnents necessitating different
levels of recovered materials.
Dated; June 1,1998.
iillJIm^thy Fields. Jr.,
'Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of
Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
Recovered Materials Advisory Notice I
Update
Following are updates to EPA's
recommendgllons to,' procuring agencies
for purchasing polyester carpet and
building insulation products containing
recovered materials, in compliance with
section 6002 of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
These recommendations are intended to
be used in conjunction with RMAN I (60
FR21386, May 1. 1995). The remainder
of the RMAN I recommendations for
these items remains unchanged. Refer to
RMAN I or the Code of Federal
Regulations at 40 CFR part 247 for
definitions, general recommendations
for affirmative procurement programs,
and additional recommendations for
purchasing these items containing
recovered materials.
Part C.—Construction Products
(Revised)
Section C-l. Building Insulation
(Revised)
Note: EPA recommended purchasing
practices, including recovered materials
content levels, for thermal building
insulation products in RMAN I: EPA is
revising those recommendations by adding a
recovered materials content level for plastic
batt building insulation. Procuring agencies
should substitute the revised Table C-l
shown below for the recommendations found
in section C-l of the 1995 RMAN I. EPA's
revised recommendations are indicated in
Bold type.
Preference Program: EPA recommends
that, based on the recovered materials
content levels shown in Table C-l
(Revised), procuring agencies establish
minimum content standards for use in
purchasing building insulation
products.
TABLE O-1. fl^^.^—R^oMM^pED RECOVERED MATERIALS CONTENT LEVELS FOR BUILDING INSULATION
i i , , i ' ' Insulation material
Cellulose k»sf-fill and spray-on .................................................
Fiberglass ........ [[[
PflMflPJKxwne board ............................................ .".'""".".' ........
Ppfpc, rjgldfoam ............ . [[[
Pwitlc, non-woven batt [[[
Plastic foam-Jq-place, pdyisocyanurate/polyurethane .................
llllllll I Pltslte rigid foam, polyisocyanurate/polyurethane .......................
Pfastfc fpjirrj, glass liber reinforced polyisocyanurale/poly-
Rock wool
Recovered material
Postconsumer paper ,
Glass cullet
Postconsumer paper
Recovered materials '.
Recovered and/or postconsumer plastics .
Recovered materials
Recovered materials
Recovered materials
Slag .
Total recov-
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rials (%)
75
20-25
23
100
5
9
6
75
;; The recommended recovered
mitwrliils content levels are based on the
^velght (not volume) of materjalsln the '
Insulating core only.
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Pleading for Further Modification of
Two Average Schedules Formula
Proposed by NECA
AGENCY: Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This Public Notice invites
interested parties to comment on the
Carrier Association's
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GSA'S ct
i: EPA recommends
_ jjeral procuring agencies use
s contract GS-27F-5Q69-Cunder
• uujjcjdule 72, part I. section A, when
purchasing polyester carpet containing
recovered materials.
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(NECA) proposed further modifications
of Common Line and Universal Service
Fund Average Schedules.
DATES: Comments are to be filed on or
before June 10, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Federal Cpmmunications
Commission. 1919 M Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20054.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
George Williams, Accounting
Safeguards Division, Common Carrier
Bureau, (202) 418-0867.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Accounting Safeguards Division of the
Federal Communications Commission
will be considering this action.
Interested parties may file comments on
the petition on or before June 10, 1998,
with the Secretary, Federal
Communications Commission, 1919 M
Street, NW, Room 222. Washington, DC
20554. Comments should reference
AAD 98-20. An original and nine (9)
copies of each pleading should be sent
to the Secretary, Federal
Communications Commission, 1919 M
Street, NW, Room 222, Washington, DC
20554. A copy of the pleading should
also be sent to George Williams,
Reporting Management and Analysis
Branch, Accounting Safeguard Division,
Common Carrier Bureau, and to the
Commission's contractor for public
service record duplication: International
Transcription Service (ITS), 1231 20th
Street, NW, Washington. DC 20036.
Copies of the petition may be obtained
from the Accounting Safeguards
Division's public reference room. Room
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