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and development programs to advance 

sustainable chemistry practice in the 

United States. Comments are also 

requested on how the definition of 

‘‘sustainable chemistry’’ relates to the 

common usage of ‘‘green chemistry’’ 

and whether these terms should be 

synonymous, exclusive, 

complementary, or if one should be 

incorporated into the other. 

2. Technologies that would benefit 

from Federal attention to move society 

toward more sustainable chemistry: 

What technologies/sectors stand to 

benefit most from progress in 

sustainable chemistry or require 

prioritized investment? Why? What 

mature technology areas, if any, should 

be lower priority? 

3. Fundamental research areas: What 

fundamental and emerging research 

areas require increased attention, 

investment, and/or priority focus to 

support innovation toward sustainable 

chemistry (e.g., catalysis, separations, 

toxicity, biodegradation, 

thermodynamics, kinetics, life-cycle 

analysis, market forces, public 

awareness, tax credits, etc.). What 

Federal research area might you regard 

as mature/robustly covered, or which 

Federal programs would benefit from 

increased prioritization? 

Ancillary topics regarding the 

definition: 

4. Potential outcome and output 

metrics based on the definition of 

sustainable chemistry: What outcomes 

and output metrics will provide OSTP 

the ability to prioritize initiatives and 

measure their success? How does one 

determine the effectiveness of the 

definition of sustainable chemistry? 

What are the quantitative features 

characteristic of sustainable chemistry? 

5. Financial and economic 

considerations for advancing 

sustainable chemistry: How are 

financial and economic factors 

considered (e.g., competitiveness, 

externalized costs), assessed (e.g., 

economic models, full life cycle 

management tools) and implemented 

(e.g., economic infrastructure). 

6. Policy considerations for advancing 

sustainable chemistry: What changes in 

policy could the Federal government 

make to improve and/or promote 

sustainable chemistry? 

7. Investment considerations when 

prioritizing Federal initiatives for study: 

What issues, consequences, and 

priorities are not necessarily covered 

under the definition of sustainable 

chemistry, but should be considered 

when investing in initiatives? Public 

Law 114–329, discussed in the 

background section above, includes the 

phrase: ‘‘support viable long-term 

solutions to a significant number of 

challenges’’. OSTP expects the final 

definition of sustainable chemistry to 

strongly consider resource conservation 

and other environmentally focused 

issues. For example, national security, 

jobs, funding models, partnership 

models, critical industries, and 

environmental justice considerations 

may all incur consequences from 

implementation of sustainable 

chemistry initiatives such as 

dematerialization, or the reduction of 

quantities of materials needed to serve 

and economic function. 

Dated: March 30, 2022. 

Stacy Murphy, 

Operations Manager. 

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