[USCC] Fwd: USDA Proposes to List Ten New "Biobased Items for Federal Procurement" -

[Jim McNelly]

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>*   USDA Proposes to List Ten New "Biobased Items for Federal 
>Procurement" - The Items are " ... Bath and tile cleaners; clothing 
>products; concrete and asphalt release fluids; cutting, drilling, 
>and tapping oils; de-icers; durable films; firearm lubricants; floor 
>strippers; laundry products; and wood and concrete sealers ..." - 
>The USDA Office of Energy Policy and New Uses notes that the Agency 
>is " ... proposing to amend the guidelines for designating biobased 
>products for Federal procurement, to add 10 sections to designate 
>the following 10 items within which biobased products would be 
>afforded Federal procurement preference, as provided for under 
>section 9002 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 
>... USDA also is proposing minimum biobased content for each of 
>these items. Once USDA designates an item, procuring agencies are 
>required generally to purchase biobased products within these 
>designated items where the purchase price of the procurement item 
>exceeds $10,000 or where the quantity of such items or the 
>functionally equivalent items purchased over the preceding fiscal 
>year equaled $10,000 or more ..." - Comments on the proposal are due 
>to OEPNU by December 11, 2006 - Questions may be directed to Marvin 
>Duncan, Office of the Chief Economist, Office of Energy Policy and 
>New Uses at 202 401 0461; e-mail: 
><mailto:MDuncan at oce.usda.gov>MDuncan at oce.usda.gov - Information 
>about the Federal Biobased Products Preferred Procurement Program is 
>posted at 
><http://www.biobased.oce.usda.gov/>http://www.biobased.oce.usda.gov 
>- EPA October 11 Federal Register: 
><http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/06-8368.htm>http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/06-8368.htm 
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