SECTION 612. SAFE ALTERNATIVES POLICY. 

 (a) Policy.- To the maximum extent practicable, class I and 

class II substances shall be replaced by chemicals, product 

substitutes, or alternative manufacturing processes that reduce 

overall risks to human health and the environment. 

 (b) Reviews and Reports.- The Administrator shall- 

 (1) in consultation and coordination with interested 

 members of the public and the heads of relevant Federal 

 agencies and departments, recommend Federal research 

 programs and other activities to assist in identifying 

 alternatives to the use of class I and class II substances 

 as refrigerants, solvents, fire retardants, foam blowing 

 agents, and other commercial applications and in achieving a 

 transition to such alternatives, and, where appropriate, 

 seek to maximize the use of Federal research facilities and 

 resources to assist users of class I and class II substances 

in identifying and developing alternatives to the use of such 

substances as refrigerants, solvents, fire retardants, foam 

blowing agents, and other commercial applications; 

 (2) examine in consultation and coordination with the 

 Secretary of Defense and the heads of other relevant Federal 

 agencies and departments, including the General Services 

 Administration, Federal procurement practices with respect 

 to class I and class II substances and recommend measures to 

 promote the transition by the Federal Government, as expedi- 

 tiously as possible, to the use of safe substitutes; 

 (3) specify initiatives, including appropriate 

 intergovernmental, international, and commercial information 

 and technology transfers, to promote the development and use 

 of safe substitutes for class I and class II substances, 

 including alternative chemicals, product substitutes, and 

 alternative manufacturing processes; and 

 (4) maintain a public clearinghouse of alternative chemi- 

 cals, product substitutes, and alternative manufacturing 

 processes that are available for products and manufacturing 

 processes which use class I and class II substances. 

 (c) Alternatives for Class I or II Substances.- Within 2 years 

after enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, the 

Administrator shall promulgate rules under this section providing 

that it shall be unlawful to replace any class I or class II 

substance with any substitute substance which the Administrator 

determines may present adverse effects to human health or the 

environment, where the Administrator has identified an 

alternative to such replacement that- 

 (1) reduces the overall risk to human health and the 

 environment; and 

 (2) is currently or potentially available. 

The Administrator shall publish a list of (A) the substitutes 

prohibited under this subsection for specific uses and (B) the 

safe alternatives identified under this subsection for specific 

uses. 
 (d) Right To Petition.- Any person may petition the 

Administrator to add a substance to the lists under subsection 

(c) or to remove a substance from either of such lists. The 

Administrator shall grant or deny the petition within 90 days 

after receipt of any such petition. If the Administrator denies 

the petition, the Administrator shall publish an explanation of 

why the petition was denied. If the Administrator grants such 

petition the Administrator shall publish such revised list within 

6 months thereafter. Any petition under this subsection shall 

include a showing by the petitioner that there are data on the 

substance adequate to support the petition. If the Administrator 

determines that information on the substance is not sufficient to 

make a determination under this subsection, the Administrator 

shall use any authority available to the Administrator, under any 

law administered by the Administrator, to acquire such 

information. 

 (e) Studies and Notification. - The Administrator shall require 

any person who produces a chemical substitute for a class I 

substance to provide the Administrator with such person's 

unpublished health and safety studies on such substitute and 

require producers to notify the Administrator not less than 90 

days before new or existing chemicals are introduced into 

interstate commerce for significant new uses as substitutes for a 

class I substance. This subsection shall be subject to section 

114(c). 

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