FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 45: Government Property › Subpart 45.6
FAR 45.606 Contractor scrap procedures.
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 describes how the property administrator should oversee contractor scrap disposal procedures, including ensuring they are effective and documented. It also notes that different types of scrap may need separate handling or reporting, and that the Government may abandon certain removed parts unless the contract says otherwise.
Applies to: Contractors with Government property that generates scrap
Key terms: property administrator · plant clearance officer · scrap · disposal processing · physical segregation
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) The property administrator should, in coordination with the plant clearance officer, ensure that contractor scrap disposal processes, methods, and practices allow for effective, efficient, and proper disposition and are properly documented in the contractor's property management procedures.
(b) The property administrator should determine the extent to which separate disposal processing or physical segregation for different scrap types is or may be required. Such scrap may require physical segregation, unique disposal processing, or separate plant clearance reporting. For example, the scope of work may create scrap—
(1) Consisting of sensitive items;
(2) Containing hazardous materials or wastes;
(3) Contaminated with hazardous materials or wastes;
(4) That is classified or otherwise controlled;
(5) Containing precious or strategic metals; or
(6) That is dangerous to public health or safety.
(c) Absent contract terms and conditions to the contrary, the Government may abandon parts removed and replaced from property as a result of normal maintenance actions or removed from property as a result of the repair, maintenance, overhaul, or modification process.
← 45.605 Inventory disposal reports.
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.