§7671m Relationship to other laws

Summary

For two years starting on November 15, 1990, state and local governments may not enforce rules about how new or recalled appliances must be designed if the rule is meant to protect the stratospheric ozone layer. The rules added by the 1990 Clean Air Act are meant to work together with the Montreal Protocol. They do not replace the United States’ duties under that treaty. If a rule in U.S. law and a rule in the Montreal Protocol conflict, the stricter rule controls. These rules do not change the EPA Administrator’s role in carrying out Article 4 of the Montreal Protocol with other agencies. On November 15, 1990, the President must do three things: stop exports of technology used to make class I substances; ban any person from directly or indirectly investing in facilities to produce class I or class II substances in countries that are not parties to the Montreal Protocol; and order that no U.S. government agency give international financial help (such as subsidies, credits, guarantees, or insurance) to support producing class I substances.