[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3449 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3449

    To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for a State waiver of the 
        requirements concerning the oxygen content of gasoline.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 18, 1999

Mr. Greenwood introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for a State waiver of the 
        requirements concerning the oxygen content of gasoline.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. STATE WAIVER OF OXYGEN REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 211 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545) is amended by 
adding the following new subsection at the end:
    ``(p) Waiver of Oxygen Requirements.--
            ``(1) In general.--Upon the petition of any State referred 
        to in section 184(a), the Administrator shall waive or reduce 
        (in accordance with the State petition) any oxygen content 
        requirement in effect under subsection (k) for that State.
            ``(2) Action by environmental protection agency.--Not later 
        than 180 days after the date of receipt of a petition submitted 
        under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall grant the 
        petition. If, by the date that is 180 days after the date of 
        receipt of a petition submitted under paragraph (1), the 
        Administrator has not granted the petition, the petition shall 
        be deemed to be granted.
            ``(3) Federal control of fuel oxygenates.--The regulations 
        under this section shall be revised by January 1, 2001, to 
        provide a schedule for the reduction of the use of methyl 
        tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline (as 
        defined in subsection (k)), introduced into commerce in any 
        State for which a waiver or reduction is in effect and referred 
        to in section 184(a). By January 1, 2005, the maximum content 
        of MTBE by volume for all gasoline shall be no more than 5 
        percent. Reductions below this amount, or on a schedule 
        different than that set out by regulation, may only be 
        authorized upon petition to the Administrator by a State for 
        which a waiver or reduction is in effect under this subsection, 
        and only upon a finding that further reduction of MTBE use is 
        necessary to protect human health or the environment.
            ``(4) Air toxic emission control enhancement requirement.--
        No manufacturer or processor of any fuel or fuel additive may 
        sell, or offer for sale, or introduce into commerce any 
        reformulated gasoline (as defined in subsection (k)) for resale 
        in any State for which a waiver or reduction is in effect under 
        this subsection unless the reduction of aggregate emissions of 
        toxic air pollutants from baseline vehicles when using baseline 
        gasoline shall annually average at least 27 percent.
            ``(5) Assurance of adequate fuel supply.--Any regulation 
        for modification of fuel properties in this subsection shall be 
        consistent with reasonable schedules for necessary refinery 
        investment projects and appropriate fuel distribution system 
        modifications to assure adequate supply for the States defined 
        in section 184(a).''.
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