[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 179 (Wednesday, September 16, 1998)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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Part II
The President
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Executive Order 13101--Greening the Government Through Waste
Prevention, Recycling, and Federal Acquisition
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 179 / Wednesday, September 16, 1998 /
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Title 3--
The President
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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 EPA-designated 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
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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 after
issuance of the guidance.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 14, 1998.
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