Section 2875-B. Specifications  


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  • Within twelve months of the effective date
      of this  section  all  public  authorities  or  commissions  created  or
      continued   by   this   chapter   shall  review  their  present  product
      specifications to  determine  whether  such  require  that  products  be
      manufactured from virgin materials or exclude products manufactured from
      secondary  materials  and  shall,  on  or  before  April first, nineteen
      hundred ninety revise and adopt their product specifications as  may  be
      necessary to ensure that:
        a.  Where such specifications exclude the use of products manufactured
      from secondary materials or require that products be  manufactured  from
      virgin  materials  only,  such exclusions or requirements be eliminated;
      provided however, that specifications need not be revised if the  public
      authority  or  commission  demonstrates  that for a particular end use a
      product  containing  secondary  materials  would  not   meet   necessary
      performance standards.
        b.  Performance standards, specifications and a product's intended end
      use are related, and clearly identified when feasible.
        c. Specifications are not overly stringent for a particular end use or
      performance standard.
        d.  Specifications  incorporate  or  require  the  use  of   secondary
      materials  to  the  maximum  extent practicable without jeopardizing the
      performance or intended end use of the product; provided however,  where
      the  public  authority  or commission demonstrates that for a particular
      end  use  a  product  containing  secondary  materials  would  not  meet
      necessary   performance   standards,   such   specifications   need  not
      incorporate or require the use of secondary materials.