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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6492 
To provide for the establishment, in the Office of Pavement Technology 
of the Federal Highway Administration, of the position of Recovered 
Mineral Component Ombudsman. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012 
Mr. CLARKE of Michigan introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To provide for the establishment, in the Office of Pavement 
Technology of the Federal Highway Administration, of 
the position of Recovered Mineral Component Ombuds-
man. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sustainable, Livable 
And Green (S.L.A.G.) Highway Construction Act of 
2012’’. 
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SEC. 2. RECOVERED MINERAL COMPONENT OMBUDSMAN; 
PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES. 
(a) RECOVERED MINERAL COMPONENT OMBUDSMAN 
POSITION.—The Secretary of Transportation shall estab-
lish in the Office of Pavement Technology of the Federal 
Highway Administration the position of Recovered Min-
eral Component Ombudsman. 
(b) DUTIES OF OMBUDSMAN.—The duties of the Re-
covered Mineral Component Ombudsman shall include— 
(1) acting as a liaison between the States and 
the Department of Transportation on federally fund-
ed highway projects; 
(2) encouraging States to use recovered mineral 
component (referred to in this Act as ‘‘RMCs’’) to 
drive down costs and be more environmentally sen-
sitive; and 
(3) providing information on— 
(A) the safety of using RMCs; 
(B) data on projects that use RMCs; and 
(C) training and educational seminars on 
the environmental benefits, and on the cost sav-
ing benefits, of using RMCs through partner-
ships with the RMC industry groups supported 
by the Administration. 
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(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘recovered mineral components’’ and ‘‘RMCs’’ 
means— 
(1) ground granulated blast furnace slag; 
(2) blast furnace slag aggregate; 
(3) steel furnace slag aggregate; and 
(4) any other industry co-product or recovered 
by-product the Federal Highway Administrator in 
consultation with an agency head, determines should 
be treated as recovered mineral component under 
this section for uses in asphalt or concrete projects 
paid for, in whole or by part, by such agency. 
(d) COMPREHENSIVE PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES.— 
The Secretary of Transportation is encouraged to amend 
the comprehensive procurement guidelines applicable to 
federally related asphalt and concrete projects to include 
specifications that encourage the use of ground granulated 
blast furnace slag, blast furnace slag aggregate, and steel 
furnace slag aggregate. 
(e) ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS.—Not later than 
120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector of the Environmental Protection Agency shall es-
tablish standards to ensure that the use of RMCs does 
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not violate the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) or any other environmental law. 
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