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Standards
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Developing
Voluntary
Standards
for
Environmentally
Preferable
Goods
and
Services
This
page
highlights
EPA's
activities
aimed
at
engaging
standards
developing
organizations
to
undertake
development
of
voluntary
consensus
standards
for
specific
categories
of
environmentally
preferable
products
and
services.

Tools
to
Identify
Guidelines
and
Standards
for
EPP
Executive
Order
13101,
"
Greening
the
Government
Through
Waste
Prevention,
Recycling
and
Federal
Acquisition"
encourages
Federal
agencies
to
identify
and
purchase
environmentally
preferable
products
and
services
and,
in
particular,
encourages
Federal
agencies
to
use
third
party,
non­
governmental
standardssetting
organizations
to
identify
environmentally
preferable
products
and
services.

Use
of
third
party
non­
governmental
standards
in
federal
procurement
will
also
help
agencies
comply
with
the
National
Technology
Transfer
and
Advancement
Act
(
NTTAA).
The
NTTAA
and
its
implementing
guidance,
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
Circular
A­
119,
direct
federal
agencies
to
use
standards
for
regulatory
and
procurement
activities,
and
to
participate
in
the
development
of
these
standards.
OMB
Circular
A­
119
directs
agencies
to
use
third
party,
non­
governmental
standards
in
lieu
of
government­
unique
standards
where
possible.
EPA
is
encouraging
the
development
of
standards
which
reflect
environmental
considerations
across
the
life
cycle
of
a
product
or
service.

The
Environmentally
Preferable
Purchasing
(
EPP)
Database
has
a
number
of
sources
of
information,
including
environmental
standards
and
guidelines
developed
by
non­
governmental
entities,
that
you
may
consider
as
you
implement
environmentally
preferable
purchasing.

Federal
agencies
may
tap
in
to
the
expertise
of
non­
governmental
entities
to
help
implement
environmentally
preferable
purchasing.
For
more
on
how
federal
agencies
may
use
the
information
and
standards
found
in
this
database,
please
see
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
opptintr/
epp/
pilot/
pilotpj.
htm
Please
note
that
the
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA)
does
not
endorse
or
verify
the
information
contained
in
this
database.
EPA
is
providing
access
to
this
information
to
show
how
others
are
identifying
and
purchasing
products
and
services
they
consider
to
be
environmentally
preferable.
The
Five
Guiding
Principles
EPA's
Final
Guidance
Standards
Development
Top
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Priorities
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Pilot
Project
Approach
on
Use
of
Non­
Governmental
Entities
of
Implement
Section
503
of
Executive
Order
12873
on
Federal
Acquisition,
Recycling
and
Waste
Prevention
EPA/
742/
B­
98/
003
April
1998
HTML
Document
Federal
Register
Notice
request
for
comment
on
the
development
of
Voluntary
Consensus
Standards
for
Environmentally
Preferable
Goods
and
Services
January
1999
PDF
(
19
KB)

Fact
Sheet
on
use
of
Third
Parties
and
Non­
Government
Entities
to
promote
EPP
March
1999
HTML
Document
Overview
of
Comment
Received
from
the
January
1999
Federal
Register
Notice
on
the
use
of
Third
Parties
in
Developing
Standards
March
1999
HTML
Document
Summary
of
Comments
Received
from
the
Federal
Register
Notice
March
1999
HTML
Document
Comparative
Analysis
of
Comments
Received
from
Federal
Register
Notice
March
1999
HTML
Document
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of
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documents
mentioned
in
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Section
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