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B-191155 1 (1978-03-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfwc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: p-4 0 THE COMPTROLLER OEIllERAL DCI IO\ /3MaI OF Toil uNtrL9 0 BTATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 2054i3 FILE: B-19115, DATE: March 29, 178 MATTER OF: Novelty Garbage Cans Distributed by Ervironmental Protection Agen-y DIGESFT: Nove' y plastic garbage cans containing candy in the a ape of solid waste were distributed at an exposition run by an association, to attract tttendees to the Environmental Protection Agency exhibiL on the Rescure: Conservation and Recovery -Act. An expenditure therefor does not constitute a necessa y and proper use of EPA's apprrpriated funds bee use these items are in the nature of personal ifts. See, among rthers, 54 Comp. Gen. 976 (1975;; 53 Comp. Gen. ,70 (1974). A certifying officer of the Environmental Protection Agency . (EPA) has requested our opinion as to the propriety of certifying for payment a voucher in favor of Lewis C. Weisbradt, Inc., in the sum of $120, covering the cost of 1,152 plastic novelty gatbage cans. The garbage cans were filled with pieces of candy represent- ing items of solid waste such as tin cans, shoes, and tires, and wer2 distributed at an EPA exhibit during t'-e International Waste Equipment and technology Exposition, sponsored by the National. Solid Waste Management Association in New Orleans, Louisiana. These novelty garbage cans were used to help attract att4ntion to EPA's exhibit whare information on solid waste managevent was disseminated to attendees at the conference. The publicadions officer of EPA's Office of Solid Waste (05W) explained tha purchase of these miniature cans as follows: The plastic garbage caus containing candy in the shape of household trash were given out to attendees of the recent National Solid Waste Management Associa- tion meetings in New Orleans, not as gifts. They were certainly too insignificant to qualify as gifts, how- ever, the little cins certainly did attract convention attendees to our =,dfibit where the attendees then had an opportunity to learn about the provisions of the new Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, to receive copies of the Federal Register indicating the first steps 0SW is taking to implement the Act, and to see samples of many OSW publications. The little garbage 1 - V V

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