33 USC § 4281 - Strategy for improving post-consumer materials management and water management

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s4281"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 4281 - Strategy for improving post-consumer materials management and water management"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "4281"
section_name: "Strategy for improving post-consumer materials management and water management"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "SAVE OUR SEAS 2.0"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "IMPROVING DOMESTIC INFRASTRUCTURE TO PREVENT MARINE DEBRIS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 116–224, title III, § 301, Dec. 18, 2020, 134 Stat. 1092.)"
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# § 4281. Strategy for improving post-consumer materials management and water management

**(a)** **In general** December 18, 2020

Not later than 1 year after , the EPA Administrator shall, in consultation with stakeholders, develop a strategy to improve post-consumer materials management and infrastructure for the purpose of reducing plastic waste and other post-consumer materials in waterways and oceans.

**(b)** **Release** On development of the strategy under subsection (a), the EPA Administrator shall—

**(1)** distribute the strategy to States; and

**(2)** make the strategy publicly available, including for use by—

**(A)** for-profit private entities involved in post-consumer materials management; and

**(B)** other nongovernmental entities.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 116–224, title III, § 301, Dec. 18, 2020, 134 Stat. 1092.)