23 CFR § 751.5 - Policy.

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title: "23 CFR § 751.5 - Policy."
title_number: 23
title_name: "Highways"
section_number: "751.5"
section_name: "Policy."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "RIGHT-OF-WAY AND ENVIRONMENT"
part_number: "751"
part_name: "JUNKYARD CONTROL AND ACQUISITION"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "23 U.S.C. 136 and 315, 42 U.S.C. 4321-4347 and 4601-4655, 23 CFR 1.32, 49 CFR 1.48, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "40 FR 8551, Feb. 28, 1975, unless otherwise noted."
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# 751.5 Policy.

In carrying out the purposes of this part:

(a) Emphasis should be placed on encouraging recycling of scrap and junk where practicable, in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321, *et seq.*);

(b) Every effort should be made to screen nonconforming junkyards which are to continue as ongoing businesses; and

(c) Nonconforming junkyards should be relocated only as a last resort.