§7671m Relationship to Other Laws

Summary

For two years starting on November 15, 1990, state and local governments may not force any design rules for new or recalled appliances meant to protect the stratospheric ozone layer, even if section 7416 would otherwise allow it. The rules added by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 must be read as a supplement to the Montreal Protocol and do not remove the United States’ duties under that treaty. If a federal rule and the Montreal Protocol conflict, the stricter requirement controls. The Administrator’s power to carry out Article 4 of the Protocol with other agencies is not changed. On November 15, 1990, the President must stop exports of technologies used to make class I substances, ban any person from investing (directly or indirectly) in facilities that would make class I or class II substances in countries that are not parties to the Protocol, and order that no U.S. agency provide subsidies, aid, credits, guarantees, or insurance to support making any class I substance.