Amend the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to clarify procurement issues that impede achievement of its procurement objectives. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act should be amended to: -- Delete statutory definitions of recovered material and task EPA to establish mechanisms for the coordination of interagency and industry strategies for maximizing the use of products containing recovered materials. In addition, EPA should develop consensus objectives and terminology that will be more compatible with that used at the state and local government level and in private industry. -- Establish a threshold for application of affirmative procurement program requirements to individual contracts that is tied to the proposed $100,000 simplified acquisition threshold. -- Eliminate the statutory requirement for vendor certification and provision of estimates. -- Permit agencies other than DOD and GSA to retain and use funds generated from the sale of materials for recycling.7 Congress should permit EPA and other agencies to determine the best strategy for acquiring the product, as well as the best approach for ensuring compliance with contract requirements. Congress should also consider the necessity for EPA to issue guidelines. As an alternative to the guideline approach, Congress should consider giving agency heads the responsibility and accountability for procuring environmentally preferable products consistent with the demands for efficiency and costeffectiveness. Endnote 7. Public Law 102486, General Services Administration and 10 U.S.C. 2577, Department of Defense.
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