sessments and plans required to be submitted 
under this subsection (including the information 
contained in those assessments and plans) from 
unauthorized disclosure. Such protocols shall 
ensure that— 
(i) each copy of such assessment or 
plan, and all information contained in or 
derived from the assessment or plan, is 
kept in a secure location; 
(ii) only individuals designated by the 
Administrator may have access to the cop-
ies of the assessments or plans; and 
(iii) no copy of an assessment or plan, 
or part of an assessment or plan, or infor-
mation contained in or derived from an as-
sessment or plan shall be available to any-
one other than an individual designated by 
the Administrator. 
At the earliest possible time prior to 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Ad-
ministrator shall complete the development of 
such protocols for the purpose of having them 
in place prior to receiving any assessment or 
plan.
(C) OFFICER
OR
EMPLOYEES
OF
THE 
U.S.—An individual referred to in paragraph 
(B)(ii) who is an officer or employee of the 
United States may discuss the contents of an 
assessment or plan with a State or local official. 
SEC. 5. DISSEMINATING INFORMATION ON INHERENTLY 
SAFER TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) INHERENTLY SAFER TECHNOLOGIES CLEARING-
HOUSE.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish a publicly available clearinghouse to compile 
and disseminate information on the use and avail-
ability of inherently safer technologies. 
(2) INCLUSIONS.—The clearinghouse shall in-
clude information on— 
(A) general and specific types of inherently 
safer technologies; 
(B) combinations of covered sources and 
substances of concern for which the inherently 
safer technologies could be appropriate; 
(C) the scope of current use and avail-
ability of the technologies; 
(D) the costs and cost savings resulting 
from inherently safer technologies; 
(E) technological transfer;
(F) the availability of technical assistance; 
(G) business practices that enable or en-
courage inherently safer technologies; 
(H) current users of inherently safer tech-
nologies; and 
(I) such other information as the Adminis-
trator deems appropriate. 
(3) COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.—The Ad-
ministrator shall collect information for the clearing-
house— 
(A) from documents submitted by owners 
or operators pursuant to this Act; 
(B) by surveying owners or operators who 
have de-registered their facilities from the re-
quirements of 40 CFR part 68; or 
(C) through such other methods as the Ad-
ministrator deems appropriate. 
(4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Information avail-
able publicly through the clearinghouse shall not 
identify specific facilities by name. 
(b) TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION FUND.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator and 
the Secretary of Energy shall establish and admin-
ister a fund to be known as the ‘‘Technology Transi-
tion Fund’’, consisting of the amount transferred to 
the Fund under paragraph (3)(A). 
(2) USE OF AMOUNTS IN FUND.—Amounts in 
the Fund established under paragraph(1) shall be 
used by the Administrator and the Secretary to pro-
vide grants to chemical facilities that demonstrate fi-
nancial hardship to assist those chemical facilities in 
implementing inherently safer technologies. 
(3) FUNDING.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, out of any funds in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall transfer to the 
Fund, for use by the Secretary and the Admin-
istrator in carrying out this section, not later 
than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, such sums as are necessary. 
(B) RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE.—The Ad-
ministrator and Secretary shall be entitled to 
receive, shall accept, and shall use to carry out 
this subsection the funds transferred to the 
Fund under subparagraph (A), without further 
appropriation.