Program Regulations and Guidance

• Proposed CPG4 (Aug. 28, 2001) -- new items to be purchased with recycled content"
• Proposed RMAN4 (Aug. 28, 2001) -- new items to be purchased with recycled content"
• Background Document for Proposed CPG IV and Draft RMAN IV, August 2001
• EPA's Green Cleaning Products Decision Making Wizard
• General Accounting Office's document reviewing the status of the federal government's compliance (including DOE) with RCRA purchasing requirements
• EO 13101 "Greening the Government Through Waste Prevention, Recycling and Acquisition," September 1994:  Text version  or   Federal Register version  (PDF - Adobe Acrobat)
• DOE's EO13101 Affirmative Procurement Program Guidance Final Draft - Revised May 2001
• DOE's Strategic Plan to Implement Executive Order 13101 REVISED FINAL VERSION (PDF - Adobe Acrobat) (Updated 12/1/2000)
• Presidential Memo on the JWOD Program that covers buying green (dated March 29, 2000)
• DOE Secretary's Memo on EO 13101
• Comprehensive Procurement Guideline, 40 CFR 247 
• EPA's designated items under the CPG program  
• RMAN Recovered Materials Advisory Notices
• Federal Government's Strategic Plan to Implement EO 13101,  March 12, 1999
• DOE's EO12873 Affirmative Procurement Program Guidance 
• EPA's RCRA Section 6002 Compliance Inspection Guidance 
• Results of EPA's First RCRA Section 6002 Compliance Inspection Posted August 5, 1999
• Final Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Guidance, Posted September 2, 1999
• DOE's Preference Program for Designated Products Containing Recovered Materials
• November 12, 1999 Secretarial Memorandum