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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 23: Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety › Subpart 23.4

FAR 23.406 Contract clauses.

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 tells contracting officers when to include three specific environmental clauses in solicitations and contracts. It matters to contractors because it signals which environmental compliance requirements may appear in a contract depending on where and how the work is performed.

Applies to: Solicitations and contracts involving work on or operation of Federal facilities

Key terms: Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information · Compliance With Environmental Management Systems · Waste Reduction Program · EMS · Federal facility

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

(a) Insert the clause at 52.223-5, Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information, in solicitations and contracts that provide for performance, in whole or in part, on a Federal facility.

(b) Insert the clause at 52.223-19, Compliance With Environmental Management Systems, in solicitations and contracts for contractor operation of Government-owned or -leased facilities or vehicles located in the United States if an agency uses an EMS and contractor activities affect aspects of the agency's environmental management. For facilities located outside the United States, the agency head may determine that use of the clause is in the best interest of the Government.

(c) Insert the clause at 52.223-10, Waste Reduction Program, in solicitations and contracts for contractor operation of Government-owned or -leased facilities and all solicitations and contracts for support services at Government-owned or -operated facilities.

Sections it refers to

  • 52.223-5 Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information.
  • 52.223-19 Compliance with Environmental Management Systems.
  • 52.223-10 Waste Reduction Program.

Sections that refer to it

  • 52.223-5 Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information.
  • 52.223-10 Waste Reduction Program.
  • 52.223-19 Compliance with Environmental Management Systems.

← 23.405 Waste reduction program. · 23.500 Scope of subpart. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 23

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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