federal register

Wednesday

September 16, 1998

Part II

The President

Executive Order 13101—Greening the

Government Through Waste Prevention,

Recycling, and Federal Acquisition

Presidential Documents

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Federal Register

Vol. 63, No. 179

Wednesday, September 16, 1998

Title 3—

The President

Executive Order 13101 of September 14, 1998

Greening the Government Through Waste Prevention, Recycling, and Federal Acquisition

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the

laws of the United States of America, including the Solid Waste Disposal

Act, Public Law 89–272, 79 Stat. 997, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Public Law 94–580, 90 Stat. 2795, as amended

(42 U.S.C. 6901–6907), section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and in

order to improve the Federal Government’s use of recycled products and

environmentally preferable products and services, it is hereby ordered as

follows:

PART 1—PREAMBLE

Section 101. Consistent with the demands of efficiency and cost effectiveness,

the head of each executive agency shall incorporate waste prevention and

recycling in the agency’s daily operations and work to increase and expand

markets for recovered materials through greater Federal Government preference and demand for such products. It is the national policy to prefer

pollution prevention, whenever feasible. Pollution that cannot be prevented

should be recycled; pollution that cannot be prevented or recycled should

be treated in an environmentally safe manner. Disposal should be employed

only as a last resort.

Sec. 102. Consistent with policies established by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) Policy Letter 92–4, agencies shall comply with

executive branch policies for the acquisition and use of environmentally

preferable products and services and implement cost-effective procurement

preference programs favoring the purchase of these products and services.

Sec. 103. This order creates a Steering Committee, a Federal Environmental

Executive (FEE), and a Task Force, and establishes Agency Environmental

Executive (AEE) positions within each agency, to be responsible for ensuring

the implementation of this order. The FEE, AEEs, and members of the

Steering Committee and Task Force shall be full-time Federal Government

employees.

PART 2—DEFINITIONS

For purposes of this order:

Sec. 201. ‘‘Environmentally preferable’’ means products or services that have

a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when

compared with competing products or services that serve the same purpose.

This comparison may consider raw materials acquisition, production, manufacturing, packaging, distribution, reuse, operation, maintenance, or disposal

of the product or service.

Sec. 202. ‘‘Executive agency’’ or ‘‘agency’’ means an executive agency as

defined in 5 U.S.C. 105. For the purpose of this order, military departments,

as defined in 5 U.S.C. 102, are covered under the auspices of the Department

of Defense.

Sec. 203. ‘‘Postconsumer material’’ means a material or finished product

that has served its intended use and has been discarded for disposal or

recovery, having completed its life as a consumer item. ‘‘Postconsumer material’’ is a part of the broader category of ‘‘recovered material.’’
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Sec. 204. ‘‘Acquisition’’ means the acquiring by contract with appropriated

funds for supplies or services (including construction) by and for the use

of the Federal Government through purchase or lease, whether the supplies

or services are already in existence or must be created, developed, demonstrated, and evaluated. Acquisition begins at the point when agency needs

are established and includes the description of requirements to satisfy agency

needs, solicitation and selection of sources, award of contracts, contract

financing, contract performance, contract administration, and those technical

and management functions directly related to the process of fulfilling agency

needs by contract.

Sec. 205. ‘‘Recovered materials’’ means waste materials and by-products

that have been recovered or diverted from solid waste, but such term does

not include those materials and by-products generated from, and commonly

reused within, an original manufacturing process (42 U.S.C. 6903 (19)).

Sec. 206. ‘‘Recyclability’’ means the ability of a product or material to

be recovered from, or otherwise diverted from, the solid waste stream for

the purpose of recycling.

Sec. 207. ‘‘Recycling’’ means the series of activities, including collection,

separation, and processing, by which products or other materials are recovered from the solid waste stream for use in the form of raw materials

in the manufacture of new products other than fuel for producing heat

or power by combustion.

Sec. 208. ‘‘Waste prevention’’ means any change in the design, manufacturing,

purchase, or use of materials or products (including packaging) to reduce

their amount or toxicity before they are discarded. Waste prevention also

refers to the reuse of products or materials.

Sec. 209. ‘‘Waste reduction’’ means preventing or decreasing the amount

of waste being generated through waste prevention, recycling, or purchasing

recycled and environmentally preferable products.

Sec. 210. ‘‘Life cycle cost’’ means the amortized annual cost of a product,

including capital costs, installation costs, operating costs, maintenance costs,

and disposal costs discounted over the lifetime of the product.

Sec. 211. ‘‘Life cycle assessment’’ means the comprehensive examination

of a product’s environmental and economic aspects and potential impacts

throughout its lifetime, including raw material extraction, transportation,

manufacturing, use, and disposal.

Sec. 212. ‘‘Pollution prevention’’ means ‘‘source reduction’’ as defined in

the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13102), and other practices

that reduce or eliminate the creation of pollutants through: (a) increased

efficiency in the use of raw materials, energy, water, or other resources;

or (b) protection of natural resources by conservation.

Sec. 213. ‘‘Biobased product’’ means a commercial or industrial product

(other than food or feed) that utilizes biological products or renewable

domestic agricultural (plant, animal, and marine) or forestry materials.

Sec. 214. ‘‘Major procuring agencies’’ shall include any executive agency

that procures over $50 million per year of goods and services.

PART 3—THE ROLES AND DUTIES OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE, FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXECUTIVE, TASK FORCE, AND AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL EXECUTIVES

Sec. 301. Committees, Executives, and Task Force. (a) Steering Committee.

There is hereby established a Steering Committee on Greening the Government through Waste Prevention and Recycling (‘‘Steering Committee’’). The

Steering Committee shall be composed of the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), the Federal Environmental Executive (FEE), and the

Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP). The Steering Committee, which shall be chaired by the Chair of the CEQ, is directed to charter

a Task Force to facilitate implementation of this order, and shall provide

the Task Force with policy direction in such implementation.
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(b) Federal Environmental Executive. A Federal Environmental Executive,

Environmental Protection Agency, shall be designated by the President. The

FEE shall chair the Task Force described in subsection (c), take all actions

necessary to ensure that the agencies comply with the requirements of

this order, and generate a biennial report to the President.

(c) Task Force. The Steering Committee shall charter a Task Force on

Greening the Government through Waste Prevention and Recycling (‘‘Task

Force’’), which shall be chaired by the FEE and composed of staff from

the major procuring agencies. The Steering Committee, in consultation with

the agencies, shall determine the necessary staffing and resources for the

Task Force. The major procuring agencies shall provide, to the extent practicable and permitted by law, resources and support to the Task Force

and the FEE, upon request from the Steering Committee. The Task Force

shall have the duty of assisting the FEE and the agencies in implementing

this order, subject to policy direction provided by the Steering Committee.

The Task Force shall report through the FEE to the Chair of the Steering

Committee.

(d) Agency Environmental Executives (AEEs). Within 90 days after the

date of this order, the head of each major procuring agency shall designate

an AEE from among his or her staff, who serves at a level no lower than

the Assistant Secretary level or equivalent, and shall notify the Chair of

CEQ and the FEE of such designation.

Sec. 302. Duties. (a) The Federal Environmental Executive. The FEE, working

through the Task Force, and in consultation with the AEEs, shall:

(1) Develop a Government-wide Waste Prevention and Recycling Strategic

Plan (‘‘Strategic Plan’’) to further implement this order. The Strategic Plan

should be initially developed within 180 days of the date of this order

and revised as necessary thereafter. The Strategic Plan should include, but

is not limited to, the following elements:

(a) direction and initiatives for acquisition of recycled and recyclable

products and environmentally preferable products and services;

(b) development of affirmative procurement programs;

(c) review and revision of standards and product specifications;

(d) assessment and evaluation of compliance;

(e) reporting requirements;

(f) outreach programs to promote adoption of practices endorsed in

this order; and

(g) development and implementation of new technologies that are of

environmental significance.

(2) Prepare a biennial report to the President on the actions taken by

the agencies to comply with this order. The report also may incorporate

information from existing agency reports regarding Government-wide progress

in implementing the following Executive Orders: 12843, Procurement Requirements and Policies for Federal Agencies for Ozone Depleting Substances;

13031, Federal Alternative Fueled Vehicle Leadership; 12845, Requiring

Agencies to Purchase Energy Efficient Computer Equipment; 12856, Federal

Compliance with Right-to-Know Laws and Pollution Prevention Requirements; 12902, Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation at Federal Facilities;

and 12969, Federal Acquisition and Community Right-to-Know.

(3) In coordination with the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the General Services Administration

(GSA), and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), convene a group of

acquisition/procurement managers and environmental State, and local government managers to work with State and local governments to improve

the Federal, State, and local governments’ use of recycled products and

environmentally preferable products and services.

(4) Coordinate appropriate Government-wide education and training programs for agencies.
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(5) Establish committees and work groups, as needed, to identify, assess,

and recommend actions to be taken to fulfill the goals, responsibilities,

and initiatives of the FEE. As these committees and work groups are created,

agencies are requested to designate appropriate personnel in the areas of

procurement and acquisition, standards and specifications, electronic commerce, facilities management, pollution prevention, waste prevention, recycling, and others as needed to staff and work on these initiatives. An

initial group shall be established to develop recommendations for tracking

and reporting requirements, taking into account the costs and benefits of

such tracking and reporting. The Steering Committee shall consult with

the AEEs before approving these recommendations.

(b) Agency Environmental Executives. The AEEs shall:

(1) translate the Government-wide Strategic Plan into specific agency and

service plans;

(2) implement the specific agency and service plans;

(3) report to the FEE on the progress of plan implementation;

(4) work with the FEE and the Task Force in furthering implementation

of this order; and

(5) track agencies’ purchases of EPA-designated guideline items and report

agencies’ purchases of such guideline items to the FEE per the recommendations developed in subsection 302(a)(5) of this order. Agency acquisition

and procurement personnel shall justify in writing to the file and to the

AEE the rationale for not purchasing such items, above the micropurchase

threshold (as set out in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act at

41 U.S.C. 428), and submit a plan and timetable for increasing agency

purchases of the designated item(s).

(6) one year after a product is placed on the USDA Biobased Products

List, estimate agencies’ purchases of products on the list and report agencies’

estimated purchases of such products to the Secretary of Agriculture.

PART 4—ACQUISITION PLANNING, AFFIRMATIVE PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS, AND FEDERAL FACILITY COMPLIANCE

Sec. 401. Acquisition Planning. In developing plans, drawings, work statements, specifications, or other product descriptions, agencies shall consider,

as appropriate, a broad range of factors including: elimination of virgin

material requirements; use of biobased products; use of recovered materials;

reuse of product; life cycle cost; recyclability; use of environmentally preferable products; waste prevention (including toxicity reduction or elimination); and ultimate disposal. These factors should be considered in acquisition planning for all procurement and in the evaluation and award of contracts, as appropriate. Program and acquisition managers should take an

active role in these activities.

Sec. 402. Affirmative Procurement Programs. (a) The head of each executive

agency shall develop and implement affirmative procurement programs in

accordance with section 6002 of RCRA (42 U.S.C. 6962) and this order

and consider use of the procurement tools and methods described in 7

U.S.C. 5909. Agencies shall ensure that responsibilities for preparation, implementation, and monitoring of affirmative procurement programs are shared

between the program personnel and acquisition and procurement personnel.

For the purposes of all purchases made pursuant to this order, EPA, in

consultation with such other executive agencies as appropriate, shall endeavor to maximize environmental benefits, consistent with price, performance,

and availability considerations, and constraints imposed by law, and shall

adjust solicitation guidelines as necessary in order to accomplish this goal.

(b) Agencies shall establish affirmative procurement programs for all EPAdesignated guideline items purchased by their agency. For newly designated

items, agencies shall revise their internal programs within 1 year from the

date the EPA designated the new items.
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(c) Exclusive of the biobased products described in section 504, for the

EPA-designated guideline items, which are contained in 40 CFR part 247,

and for all future designated guideline items, agencies shall ensure that

their affirmative procurement programs require 100 percent of their purchases

of products to meet or exceed the EPA guideline unless written justification

is provided that a product is not available competitively within a reasonable

time frame, does not meet appropriate performance standards, or is only

available at an unreasonable price. Written justification is not required for

purchases below the micropurchase threshold. For micropurchases, agencies

shall provide guidance regarding purchase of EPA-designated guideline items.

This guidance should encourage consideration of aggregating purchases when

this method would promote economy and efficiency.

(d) Within 90 days after the date of this order, the head of each executive

agency that has not implemented an affirmative procurement program shall

ensure that the affirmative procurement program has been established and

is being implemented to the maximum extent practicable.

Sec. 403. Federal Facility Compliance. (a) Within 6 months of the date

of this order, the Administrator of the EPA shall, in consultation with

the Federal Environmental Executive, prepare guidance for use in determining Federal facility compliance with section 6002 of RCRA and the related

requirements of this order.

(b) EPA inspections of Federal facilities conducted pursuant to RCRA

and the Federal Facility Compliance Act and EPA ‘‘multi-media’’ inspections

carried out at Federal facilities will include, where appropriate, evaluation

of facility compliance with section 6002 of RCRA and any implementing

guidance.

(c) Where inspections of Federal facilities are carried out by authorized

States pursuant to RCRA and the Federal Facility Compliance Act, the

Administrator of the EPA will encourage those States to include evaluation

of facility compliance with section 6002 of RCRA in light of EPA guidance

prepared pursuant to subsection (a), where appropriate, similar to inspections

performed by the EPA. The EPA may provide information and technical

assistance to the States to enable them to include such considerations in

their inspection.

(d) The EPA shall report annually to the Federal Environmental Executive

on the results of inspections performed by the EPA to determine Federal

facility compliance with section 6002 of RCRA not later than February

1st for those inspections conducted during the previous fiscal year.

PART 5—STANDARDS, SPECIFICATIONS, AND DESIGNATION OF ITEMS

Sec. 501. Specifications, Product Descriptions, and Standards. When developing, reviewing, or revising Federal and military specifications, product descriptions (including commercial item descriptions), and standards, executive

agencies shall consider recovered materials and any environmentally preferable purchasing criteria developed by the EPA, and ensure the criteria

are complied with in developing or revising standards. Agencies shall report

annually to the FEE on their compliance with this section for incorporation

into the biennial report to the President referred to in section 302(a)(2)

of this order. (a) If an inconsistency with section 6002 of RCRA or this

order is identified in a specification, standard, or product description, the

FEE shall request that the Environmental Executive of the pertinent agency

advise the FEE as to why the specification cannot be revised or submit

a plan for revising it within 60 days.

(b) If an agency is able to revise an inconsistent specification but cannot

do so within 60 days, it is the responsibility of that AEE to monitor and

implement the plan for revising it.

Sec. 502. Designation of Items that Contain Recovered Materials. In order

to expedite the process of designating items that are or can be made with

recovered materials, the EPA shall use the following process for designating

these items in accordance with section 6002(e) of RCRA. (a) The EPA shall

designate items that are or can be made with recovered material, by promul-
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gating amendments to the Comprehensive Procurement Guideline (CPG).

The CPG shall be updated every 2 years or as appropriate after an opportunity

for public comment.

(b) Concurrent with the issuance of the CPG, the EPA shall publish for

comment in the Federal Register Recovered Materials Advisory Notices that

present the range of recovered materials content levels within which the

designated items are currently available. These levels shall be updated periodically, after opportunity for public comment, to reflect changes in market

conditions.

(c) Once items containing recovered materials have been designated by

the EPA in the CPG, agencies shall modify their affirmative procurement

programs to require that, to the maximum extent practicable, their purchases

of products meet or exceed the EPA guidelines unless written justification

is provided that a product is not available competitively, not available

within a reasonable time frame, does not meet appropriate performance

standards, or is only available at an unreasonable price.

Sec. 503. Guidance on Acquisition of Environmentally Preferable Products

and Services. (a) The EPA shall develop guidance within 90 days from

the date of this order to address environmentally preferable purchasing.

The guidance may be based on the EPA’s September 1995 Proposed Guidance

on the Acquisition of Environmentally Preferable Products and Services

and comments received thereon. The guidance should be designed for Government-wide use and targeted towards products and services that have

the most effect. The guidance may also address the issues of use of the

technical expertise of nongovernmental entities and tools such as life cycle

assessment in decisions on environmentally preferable purchasing. The EPA

shall update this guidance every 2 years, or as appropriate.

(b) Agencies are encouraged to immediately test and evaluate the principles

and concepts contained in the EPA’s Guidance on the Acquisition of Environmentally Preferable Products and Services through pilot projects to provide

practical information to the EPA for further updating of the guidance. Specifically:

(1) These pilot projects shall be focused around those product and service

categories, including printing, that have wide use within the Federal Government. Priorities regarding which product and service categories to pilot

shall be developed by the individual agencies and the EPA, in consultation

with the OFPP, the FEE, and the appropriate agency procurement executives.

Any policy disagreements shall be resolved by the Steering Committee.

(2) Agencies are encouraged to use all of the options available to them

to determine the environmentally preferable attributes of products and services in their pilot and demonstration projects, including the use of technical

expertise of nongovernmental entities such as labeling, certification, or standards-developing organizations, as well as using the expertise of the National

Institute of Standards and Technology.

(3) Upon request and to the extent practicable, the EPA shall assist executive agencies in designing, implementing, and documenting the results of

these pilot and demonstration projects.

(4) The EPA, in coordination with other executive agencies, shall develop

a database of information about these projects, including, but not limited

to, the number and status of pilot projects, examples of agencies’ policy

directives, revisions to specifications, solicitation procedures, and grant/

contract policies that facilitate adoption of environmentally preferable purchasing practices, to be integrated on a commonly available electronic medium (e.g., Internet Web site). These data are to be reported to the FEE.

(c) Executive agencies shall use the principles and concepts in the EPA

Guidance on Acquisition of Environmentally Preferable Products and Services, in addition to the lessons from the pilot and demonstration projects,

to the maximum extent practicable, in identifying and purchasing environ-
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mentally preferable products and services and shall modify their procurement

programs as appropriate.

Sec. 504. Designation of Biobased Items by the USDA. The USDA Biobased

Products Coordination Council shall, in consultation with the FEE, issue

a Biobased Products List. (a) The Biobased Products List shall be published

in the Federal Register by the USDA within 180 days after the date of

this order and shall be updated biannually after publication to include

additional items.

(b) Once the Biobased Products List has been published, agencies are

encouraged to modify their affirmative procurement program to give consideration to those products.

Sec. 505. Minimum Content Standard for Printing and Writing Paper. Executive agency heads shall ensure that their agencies meet or exceed the following minimum materials content standards when purchasing or causing the

purchase of printing and writing paper: (a) For high speed copier paper,

offset paper, forms bond, computer printout paper, carbonless paper, file

folders, white wove envelopes, writing and office paper, book paper, cotton

fiber paper, and cover stock, the minimum content standard shall be no

less than 30 percent postconsumer materials beginning December 31, 1998.

If paper containing 30 percent postconsumer material is not reasonably

available, does not meet reasonable performance requirements, or is only

available at an unreasonable price, then the agency shall purchase paper

containing no less than 20 percent postconsumer material. The Steering

Committee, in consultation with the AEEs, may revise these levels if necessary.

(b) As an alternative to meeting the standards in sections 505(a), for

all printing and writing papers, the minimum content standard shall be

no less than 50 percent recovered materials that are a waste material byproduct of a finished product other than a paper or textile product that would

otherwise be disposed of in a landfill, as determined by the State in which

the facility is located.

(c) Effective January 1, 1999, no executive branch agency shall purchase,

sell, or arrange for the purchase of, printing and writing paper that fails

to meet the minimum requirements of this section.

Sec. 506. Revision of Brightness Specifications and Standards. The GSA

and other executive agencies are directed to identify, evaluate, and revise

or eliminate any standards or specifications unrelated to performance that

present barriers to the purchase of paper or paper products made by production processes that minimize emissions of harmful byproducts. This evaluation shall include a review of unnecessary brightness and stock clause

provisions, such as lignin content and chemical pulp requirements. The

GSA shall complete the review and revision of such specifications within

6 months after the date of this order, and shall consult closely with the

Joint Committee on Printing during such process. The GSA shall also compile

any information or market studies that may be necessary to accomplish

the objectives of this provision.

Sec. 507. Procurement of Re-refined Lubricating Oil and Retread Tires. (a)

Agencies shall implement the EPA procurement guidelines for re-refined

lubricating oil and retread tires. Fleet and commodity managers shall take

immediate steps, as appropriate, to procure these items in accordance with

section 6002 of RCRA. This provision does not preclude the acquisition

of biobased (e.g., vegetable) oils.

(b) The FEE shall work to educate executive agencies about the new

Department of Defense Cooperative Tire Qualification Program, including

the Cooperative Approval Tire List and Cooperative Plant Qualification Program, as they apply to retread tires.

PART 6—AGENCY GOALS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Sec. 601. Agency Goals. (a)(1) Each agency shall establish either a goal

for solid waste prevention and a goal for recycling or a goal for solid

waste diversion to be achieved by January 1, 2000. Each agency shall further
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ensure that the established goals include long-range goals to be achieved

by the years 2005 and 2010. These goals shall be submitted to the FEE

within 180 days after the date of this order. (2) In addition to white paper,

mixed paper/cardboard, aluminum, plastic, and glass, agencies should incorporate into their recycling programs efforts to recycle, reuse, or refurbish

pallets and collect toner cartridges for remanufacturing. Agencies should

also include programs to reduce or recycle, as appropriate, batteries, scrap

metal, and fluorescent lamps and ballasts.

(b) Agencies shall set goals to increase the procurement of products that

are made with recovered materials, in order to maximize the number of

recycled products purchased, relative to non-recycled alternatives.

(c) Each agency shall set a goal for increasing the use of environmentally

preferable products and services for those products and services for which

the agency has completed a pilot program.

(d) Agencies are encouraged to incorporate into their Government Performance Results Act annual performance plans the goals listed in subsections

(a), (b), and (c) above, starting with the submittal to the Office of Management

and Budget of the plan accompanying the FY 2001 budget.

(e) Progress on attaining these goals should be reported by the agencies

to the FEE for the biennial report specified in section 302(a)(2) of this

order.

PART 7—APPLICABILITY AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Sec. 701. Contractor Applicability. Contracts that provide for contractor operation of a Government-owned or -leased facility and/or contracts that provide

for contractor or other support services at Government-owned or -operated

facilities awarded by executive agencies after the date of this order, shall

include provisions that obligate the contractor to comply with the requirements of this order within the scope of its operations.

Sec. 702. Real Property Acquisition and Management. Within 90 days after

the date of this order, and to the extent permitted by law and where

economically feasible, executive agencies shall ensure compliance with the

provisions of this order in the acquisition and management of Federally

owned and leased space. The GSA and other executive agencies shall also

include environmental and recycling provisions in the acquisition and management of all leased space and in the construction of new Federal buildings.

Sec. 703. Retention of Funds. (a) The Administrator of General Services

shall continue with the program that retains for the agencies the proceeds

from the sale of materials recovered through recycling or waste prevention

programs and specifying the eligibility requirements for the materials being

recycled.

(b) Agencies in non-GSA managed facilities, to the extent permitted by

law, should develop a plan to retain the proceeds from the sale of materials

recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs.

Sec. 704. Model Facility Programs. Each executive agency shall establish

a model demonstration program incorporating some or all of the following

elements as appropriate. Agencies are encouraged to demonstrate and test

new and innovative approaches such as incorporating environmentally preferable and bio-based products; increasing the quantity and types of products

containing recovered materials; expanding collection programs; implementing

source reduction programs; composting organic materials when feasible; and

exploring public/private partnerships to develop markets for recovered materials.

Sec. 705. Recycling Programs. (a)(1) Each executive agency that has not

already done so shall initiate a program to promote cost-effective waste

prevention and recycling of reusable materials in all of its facilities. The

recycling programs implemented pursuant to this section must be compatible

with applicable State and local recycling requirements.
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(2) Agencies shall designate a recycling coordinator for each facility or

installation. The recycling coordinator shall implement or maintain waste

prevention and recycling programs in the agencies’ action plans.

(b) Executive agencies shall also consider cooperative ventures with State

and local governments to promote recycling and waste reduction in the

community.

Sec. 706. Review of Implementation. The President’s Council on Integrity

and Efficiency shall request that the Inspectors General periodically review

agencies’ implementation of this order.

PART 8—AWARENESS

Sec. 801. Training. (a) Within 180 days of the date of this order, the FEE

and OFPP should evaluate the training courses provided by the Federal

Acquisition Institute and the Defense Acquisition University and recommend

any appropriate curriculum changes to ensure that procurement officials

are aware of the requirements of this order.

(b) Executive agencies shall provide training to program management and

requesting activities as needed to ensure awareness of the requirements

of this order.

Sec. 802. Internal Agency Awards Programs. Each agency shall develop

an internal agency-wide awards program, as appropriate, to reward its most

innovative environmental programs. Among others, winners of agency-wide

awards will be eligible for the White House Awards Program.

Sec. 803. White House Awards Program. A Government-wide award will

be presented annually by the White House to the best, most innovative

programs implementing the objectives of this order to give greater visibility

to these efforts so that they can be incorporated Government-wide. The

White House Awards Program will be administered jointly by the FEE and

the CEQ.

PART 9—REVOCATION, LIMITATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION

Sec. 901. Executive Order 12873 of October 20, 1993, is hereby revoked.

Sec. 902. This order is intended only to improve the internal management

of the executive branch and is not intended to create any right, benefit,

or trust responsibility, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by a

party against the United States, its agencies, its officers, or any other person.

Sec. 903. The policies and direction expressed in the EPA guidance to

be developed pursuant to section 503 of this order shall be implemented

and incorporated in the Federal Acquisition Regulation within 180 days

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after issuance of the guidance.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

September 14, 1998.

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