(1) The City shall provide a preference for products and packaging material that do not contain polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) except when it is not cost-effective or technically feasible to do so. If all readily available sources of a product or packaging material contain PCBs, preference will be given to the product or packaging material containing the lowest level of PCBs except when it is not cost-effective to do so. “Not cost effective” means compliance with this requirement would increase the purchase price of the product by at least twenty-five percent. “Technically feasible” means all available testing data for sources of a product or packaging material indicate the product or packaging material contains PCBs.

(2) This subsection does not require a department to test products procured. However, the department may accept from businesses, manufacturers, organizations, and individuals results obtained from an accredited laboratory or testing facility in accordance with a state or EPA approved Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP), documenting product or packaging material PCB levels. The department may request suppliers of products to provide testing data from an accredited laboratory or testing facility documenting the testing method and product or packaging material PCB levels.

(3) The City may develop procedures to implement the preference set forth above, which are consistent with and do not conflict with the provisions of this subsection. (Ord. 15-14 §1, 2015).