BILLING CODE: 6820-61
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Part 502
[GSAR Case 2022-G517, Docket No. GSA-GSAR-2023-0028;
Sequence No. 1]
RIN 3090-AK60
General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation;
Reduction of Single-use Plastic Packaging; Correction
AGENCY:

Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services

Administration (GSA).
ACTION:

Final rule; correction.

SUMMARY:

GSA is issuing a correction to GSAR Case 2022-

G517, “Reduction of Single-use Plastic Packaging,” which
published in the Federal Register on June 6, 2024.

This

correction makes an update to the definition “Packaging”.
DATES: Effective July 8, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Adina Torberntsson,

adina.torberntsson@gsa.gov or call (720) 475-0568.

Please

cite GSAR Case 2022-G517; Correction.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Correction
In rule FR Doc. 2024-12192, published in the Federal
Register at 89 FR 48330, on June 6, 2024, on page 48336, in
the second column, amendatory instruction 2, section
502.101, correct paragraph 3 of the definition of Packaging
to read as follows:

502.101 [Corrected]
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Packaging
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Shipping packaging means packaging that serves

as protection for the goods to ensure safe transport to the
end customer, including:
(i)

Ancillary packaging or transport packaging

or tertiary packaging means packaging intended to secure
the product, such as packing peanuts, wrapping materials,
or molded materials. Ancillary packaging (or all shipping
packaging) is typically outside of brand packaging.
(ii)

Redundant packaging or unnecessary

packaging means packaging that does not add any measurable
protection to the supply being shipped, such as multiple
layers of bubble wrap to an already durable product that is
encased in a cardboard box.

An example of this is a home

testing kit with all plastic components already packaged in
a cardboard box with cardboard inserts to absorb shock,
that is then shipped in multiple layers of bubble wrap.
this example the bubble wrap is the redundant single-use
plastic packaging.
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Jeffrey A. Koses,
Senior Procurement Executive,
Office of Acquisition Policy,
Office of Government-wide Policy,
General Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-14683 Filed: 7/3/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/5/2024]

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