Code of Federal Regulations Title 41. Public Contracts and Property Management § 41.102–36.330 Are there occasions when public notice is not needed regarding abandonment/destruction of excess personal property?

(a) The value of the property is so little or the cost of its care and handling, pending abandonment/destruction, is so great that its retention for advertising for sale, even as scrap, is clearly not economical;

(b) Abandonment or destruction is required because of health, safety, or security reasons;  or

(c) When the original acquisition cost of the item (estimated if unknown) is less than $500.