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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.223-5 Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information.

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 clause requires contractors working at Federal facilities to give the facility all information it needs to meet its reporting duties under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act and the Pollution Prevention Act. It matters because the contractor must supply chemical and emergency information so the facility can stay compliant.

Applies to: Contractors providing information needed by a Federal facility to comply with EPCRA and PPA

What it requires

  • Provide all information needed by the Federal facility to comply with the listed EPCRA and PPA reporting requirements
  • Provide information for EPCRA section 302 emergency planning reporting
  • Provide information for EPCRA section 304 emergency notice requirements
  • Provide the list of Material Safety Data Sheets required by EPCRA section 311

Key terms: Toxic chemical · Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) · Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA) · Material Safety Data Sheets · toxic chemical release inventory

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

The text

As prescribed in 23.406(a), insert the following clause:

Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information (MAY 2024)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

Toxic chemical means a chemical or chemical category listed in 40 CFR 372.65.

(b) Federal facilities are required to comply with the provisions of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) (42 U.S.C. 11001-11050), and the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA) (42 U.S.C. 13101-13109).

(c) The Contractor shall provide all information needed by the Federal facility to comply with the following:

(1) The emergency planning reporting requirements of section 302 of EPCRA.

(2) The emergency notice requirements of section 304 of EPCRA.

(3) The list of Material Safety Data Sheets, required by section 311 of EPCRA.

(4) The emergency and hazardous chemical inventory forms of section 312 of EPCRA.

(5) The toxic chemical release inventory of section 313 of EPCRA, which includes the reduction and recycling information required by section 6607 of PPA.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

  • 23.406 Contract clauses.
  • 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).

← 52.223-4 Recovered Material Certification. · 52.223-6 [Reserved] →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

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

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