Summary of Comments Received from the Federal Register Notice of Voluntary Standards for EPP - Purchasers

1.	Name	Department of the Navy
	Address	Washington, DC
	Contact Info	Gregory Schirf (703) 604-5424
	Nature of Organization	Government agency that procures large quantifies of supplies, equipment, and services.
	Recommendations:	EPA should first establish minimum criteria for voluntary consensus standards for EPP and organizations that test EPP. Voluntary standards adopted by EPA should meet the following criteria: public forum that allows all stakeholders to participate provide a single list of preferable attributes compare products within the context of their intended use and current practices consider incremental cost increases relative to environmental benefits resolve competing environmental concerns and values quantitatively require independent verification of claims independence from existing regulatory concerns not pose undue burden on business available at reasonable or no cost consider occupational safety and health