FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 223: Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety › Subpart 223.74
DFARS 223.7402 Prohibition.
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 DFARS section prohibits the Department of Defense from buying any fire-fighting agent that contains more than one part per billion of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances. It matters to contractors because if you supply fire-fighting agent to DoD, your product must meet this limit unless it is for use solely onboard ocean-going vessels.
Applies to: DoD procurements of fire-fighting agent
What it requires
- Do not procure fire-fighting agent containing more than one part per billion of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances
Key terms: fire-fighting agent · perfluoroalkyl substances · polyfluoroalkyl substances · ocean-going vessels
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
Do not procure any fire-fighting agent that contains in excess of one part per billion perfluoroalkyl substances or polyfluoroalkyl substances. Procurements of fire-fighting agent for use solely onboard ocean-going vessels are exempt from this prohibition.
← 223.7401 Definition. · 223.7403 Procedures. →
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.