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and development programs to advance
sustainable chemistry practice in the
United States. Comments are also
requested on how the definition of
‘‘sustainable chemistry’’ relates to the
common usage of ‘‘green chemistry’’
and whether these terms should be
synonymous, exclusive,
complementary, or if one should be
incorporated into the other.
2. Technologies that would benefit
from Federal attention to move society
toward more sustainable chemistry:
What technologies/sectors stand to
benefit most from progress in
sustainable chemistry or require
prioritized investment? Why? What
mature technology areas, if any, should
be lower priority?
3. Fundamental research areas: What
fundamental and emerging research
areas require increased attention,
investment, and/or priority focus to
support innovation toward sustainable
chemistry (e.g., catalysis, separations,
toxicity, biodegradation,
thermodynamics, kinetics, life-cycle
analysis, market forces, public
awareness, tax credits, etc.). What
Federal research area might you regard
as mature/robustly covered, or which
Federal programs would benefit from
increased prioritization?
Ancillary topics regarding the
definition:
4. Potential outcome and output
metrics based on the definition of
sustainable chemistry: What outcomes
and output metrics will provide OSTP
the ability to prioritize initiatives and
measure their success? How does one
determine the effectiveness of the
definition of sustainable chemistry?
What are the quantitative features
characteristic of sustainable chemistry?
5. Financial and economic
considerations for advancing
sustainable chemistry: How are
financial and economic factors
considered (e.g., competitiveness,
externalized costs), assessed (e.g.,
economic models, full life cycle
management tools) and implemented
(e.g., economic infrastructure).
6. Policy considerations for advancing
sustainable chemistry: What changes in
policy could the Federal government
make to improve and/or promote
sustainable chemistry?
7. Investment considerations when
prioritizing Federal initiatives for study:
What issues, consequences, and
priorities are not necessarily covered
under the definition of sustainable
chemistry, but should be considered
when investing in initiatives? Public
Law 114–329, discussed in the
background section above, includes the

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phrase: ‘‘support viable long-term
solutions to a significant number of
challenges’’. OSTP expects the final
definition of sustainable chemistry to
strongly consider resource conservation
and other environmentally focused
issues. For example, national security,
jobs, funding models, partnership
models, critical industries, and
environmental justice considerations
may all incur consequences from
implementation of sustainable
chemistry initiatives such as
dematerialization, or the reduction of
quantities of materials needed to serve
and economic function.
Dated: March 30, 2022.
Stacy Murphy,
Operations Manager.
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Dated: March 30, 2022.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
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