2875-B - Specifications.

§  2875-b.  Specifications. 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.