---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 223.7301"
title: "48"
number: "223.7301"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/223.7301"
---

# §223.7301. Policy.


In accordance with the DoD policy memorandum of April 8, 2009, Minimizing the Use of Hexavalent Chromium, it is DoD policy to minimize hexavalent chromium (an anti-corrosive) in items acquired by DoD (deliverables and construction material), due to the serious human health and environmental risks related to its use.


## Notes

### Amendments

[86 FR 27280, May 20, 2021]

### Source

Source: 76 FR 25575, May 5, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 36365, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[86 FR 27280, May 20, 2021]