[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR45]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 45--GOVERNMENT PROPERTY--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart 45.6--Reporting, Redistribution, and Disposal of Contractor 
                                Inventory
 
45.607-2  Recovering precious metals.

    (a) GSA is responsible for initiating the Government-wide precious 
metals recovery program (see FPMR 101-42.3 for procedures and 
requirements in recovering precious metals).
    (b) Agencies shall assure that contractors generating contractor 
inventory containing precious metal-bearing scrap identify and promptly 
report such items. Agencies are also responsible for establishing and 
maintaining a program for recovering precious metals. Agencies having no 
recovery and disposal facility available may request information or 
recovery assistance from the GSA regional office serving the area or the 
DOD Precious Metals Recovery Program, Defense Logistics Agency, Attn: 
DLSC-LC, 8725 John J Kingman Road, Fort Belvoir VA 22060.
    (c) Precious metals shall be packaged in nonporous, smooth 
containers in a manner to prevent loss through leakage or damage to the 
containers. (Glass containers shall not be used.) Grindings or sweepings 
shall not be packaged in paper or wooden containers, because loss occurs 
by adhesion to the containers. Containers shall be marked to show the 
type of precious metals.
    (d) The shipping document shall indicate the net weight of each item 
to the nearest ounce (troy or avoirdupois). Shipment shall be made by 
the most economical means available, consistent with adequate safeguards 
to prevent loss or theft.

[48 FR 42392, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 62 FR 40237, July 25, 1997; 
63 FR 34080, June 22, 1998]