substance or mixture that is manufactured and 
used as a closed-system site-limited intermediate 
that is chemically transformed in the manufac-
ture of other chemicals that do not exhibit the 
characteristics of persistent organic pollutants. 
‘‘(B) CONDITIONS.—Subparagraph (A) ap-
plies if, before the commencement of the manu-
facture or use under the POPs Convention, and 
before each 10-year period thereafter— 
‘‘(i) any person that desires to invoke 
the exemption provides to the Administrator 
information concerning— 
‘‘(I) the annual total quantity of 
the POPs chemical substance or mix-
ture anticipated to be manufactured or 
used, or a reasonable estimate of the 
quantity; and 
‘‘(II) the nature of the closed sys-
tem site-limited process, including the 
quantity of any nontransformed and 
unintentional trace contamination by 
the POPs chemical substance or mix-
ture that remains in the final product; 
and 
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‘‘(ii) notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Administrator— 
‘‘(I) determines, with the concur-
rence of the Secretary of State, that the 
information provided under clause (i) 
is complete and sufficient; and 
‘‘(II) transmits the information to 
the Secretariat of the POPs Conven-
tion. 
‘‘(C) TERMINATION OF EXEMPTION.—If, at 
the termination of any exemption under sub-
paragraph (A), a particular closed-system site- 
limited intermediate exemption is no longer au-
thorized for the United States under the POPs 
Convention, no further exemption shall be avail-
able under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(6) DISTRIBUTION IN COMMERCE FOR EXPORT 
IF PRODUCTION OR USE-SPECIFIC EXEMPTION OR AC-
CEPTABLE PURPOSE IS IN EFFECT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Prohibitions or restric-
tions included in rules issued under subsection 
(e)(1), and the prohibitions described in section 
502(a), shall not apply to any distribution in 
commerce for export of any POPs chemical sub-
stance or mixture for which a production or use 
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specific exemption under Annex A to the POPs 
Convention available to the United States is in 
effect, or for which a production or use specific 
exemption or acceptable purpose under Annex B 
to the POPs Convention available to the United 
States is in effect, unless— 
‘‘(i) if the export is for purposes of dis-
posal, the export does not comply with an 
export condition described in subparagraph 
(B), as determined by the Administrator in 
consultation with the heads of other inter-
ested Federal agencies; or 
‘‘(ii) the export does not comply with 
an export condition described in subpara-
graph (C), or (D), as applicable, as deter-
mined by the Administrator in consultation 
with the heads of other interested Federal 
agencies and with the concurrence of the 
Secretary of State and the United States 
Trade Representative. 
‘‘(B) 
EXPORT
FOR
ENVIRONMENTALLY 
SOUND DISPOSAL.—An export condition referred 
to in subparagraph (A)(i) is that the POPs 
chemical substance or mixture is exported for the 
purpose of environmentally sound disposal. 
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