Establishment of the Safer Choice Program

(a) Establishment The Administrator shall carry out a voluntary Safer Choice Program within the Agency to identify and promote products that, as determined by the Administrator, meet the Safer Choice Standard or the Design for the Environment Standard, as applicable. (b) Purpose The purpose of the Program is to advance pollution prevention by encouraging the design, manufacture, selection, and use of products formulated with chemical ingredients that are safer for human health and the environment, while maintaining product performance. (c) Relationship to existing programs The Administrator shall carry out the Program in a manner consistent with, and to the extent practicable leveraging, the Agency’s existing Safer Choice and Design for the Environment activities in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. (d) Updates to standards The Administrator may revise the Safer Choice Standard and the Design for the Environment Standard to account for advances in scientific understanding, regulatory developments, and innovation in safer chemistry, after providing public notice and an opportunity for comment.