FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 223: Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety › Subpart 223.73
DFARS 223.7301 Policy.
The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.
In plain English
This section states DoD policy to minimize the use of hexavalent chromium, an anti-corrosive, in items acquired by DoD, including deliverables and construction material. It matters to contractors because it signals that DoD is concerned about the health and environmental risks of this substance in what it buys.
Applies to: Items acquired by DoD, including deliverables and construction material
Key terms: hexavalent chromium · anti-corrosive · deliverables · construction material
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
In accordance with the DoD policy memorandum of April 8, 2009, Minimizing the Use of Hexavalent Chromium, it is DoD policy to minimize hexavalent chromium (an anti-corrosive) in items acquired by DoD (deliverables and construction material), due to the serious human health and environmental risks related to its use.
← 223.7300 Definition. · 223.7302 [Reserved] →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 223
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (DFARS Case 2024-D021) ↗ · final rule 2026-05-07 · effective 2026-05-07
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Sustainable Procurement (DFARS Case 2024-D024) ↗ · final rule 2024-08-15 · effective 2024-08-15
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Replacement of Fluorinated Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (DFARS Case 2020-D011) ↗ · final rule 2024-03-26 · effective 2024-03-26
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.