[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1886 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1886

 To amend the Clean Air Act to permit the Governor of a State to waive 
the oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline, to encourage 
 development of voluntary standards to prevent and control releases of 
  methyl tertiary butyl ether from underground storage tanks, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 9, 1999

     Mr. Inhofe (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Smith of New 
  Hampshire) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Clean Air Act to permit the Governor of a State to waive 
the oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline, to encourage 
 development of voluntary standards to prevent and control releases of 
  methyl tertiary butyl ether from underground storage tanks, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. WAIVER OF OXYGEN CONTENT REQUIREMENT FOR REFORMULATED 
              GASOLINE.

    Section 211(k)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(k)(1)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``Within 1 year after the enactment of the 
        Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990,'' and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than November 15, 
                1991,''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Waiver of oxygen content requirement.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding any 
                        other provision of this subsection, upon 
                        notification by the Governor of a State to the 
                        Administrator, a Governor may waive paragraphs 
                        (2)(B) and (3)(A)(v) with respect to gasoline 
                        sold or dispensed in the State.
                            ``(ii) Treatment as reformulated 
                        gasoline.--In the case of a State for which the 
                        Governor invokes the waiver described in clause 
                        (i), gasoline that complies with all provisions 
                        of this subsection other than paragraphs (2)(B) 
                        and (3)(A)(v) shall be considered to be 
                        reformulated gasoline for the purposes of this 
                        subsection.''.

SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT OF VOLUNTARY STANDARDS TO CONTROL RELEASES OF MTBE 
              FROM UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS.

    (a) Study.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall conduct a study and submit to Congress a report on whether 
voluntary standards to prevent and control releases of methyl tertiary 
butyl ether from underground storage tanks are necessary.
    (b) Development of Voluntary Standards.--Beginning on the date of 
submission of the report, the Administrator may work with members of 
affected industries to develop voluntary standards described in 
subsection (a).
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