1.Short
title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Gas Petroleum Refiner
Improvement and Community Empowerment Act
or Gas
PRICE Act
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I—Collaborative permitting process for domestic fuels
facilities
Sec. 101. Collaborative permitting process for domestic fuels
facilities.
TITLE II—Environmental analysis of Fischer-Tropsch
fuels
Sec. 201. Evaluation of Fischer-Tropsch diesel and jet fuel as
an emission control strategy.
TITLE III—Domestic coal-to-liquid fuel and cellulosic biomass
ethanol
Sec. 301. Economic development assistance to support
commercial-scale cellulosic biomass ethanol projects and coal-to-liquids
facilities on BRAC property and Indian land.
TITLE IV—Alternative hydrocarbon and renewable reserves
disclosures classification system
Sec. 401. Alternative hydrocarbon and renewable reserves
disclosures classification system.
TITLE V—Authorization of appropriations
Sec. 501. Authorization of appropriations.
2.In this Act:
(1)The
term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency.
(2)The
term coal-to-liquid means—
(A)with respect to a
process or technology, the use of a feedstock, the majority of which is derived
from the coal resources of the United States, using the class of reactions
known as Fischer-Tropsch, to produce synthetic fuel suitable for
transportation; and
(B)with respect to a
facility, the portion of a facility related to producing the inputs for the
Fischer-Tropsch process, or the finished fuel from the Fischer-Tropsch process,
using a feedstock that is primarily domestic coal at the Fischer-Tropsch
facility.
(3)
(A)The term domestic fuels facility
means—
(i)a
coal liquification or coal-to-liquid facility at which coal is processed into
synthetic crude oil or any other transportation fuel;
(ii)a
facility that produces a renewable fuel (as defined in section 211(o)(1) of the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1))); and
(iii)a
facility at which crude oil is refined into transportation fuel or other
petroleum products.
(B)The
term domestic fuels facility includes a domestic fuels facility
expansion.
(4)Domestic fuels
facility expansionThe term domestic fuels facility
expansion means a physical change in a domestic fuels facility that
results in an increase in the capacity of the domestic fuels facility.
(5)Domestic fuels
facility permitting agreementThe term domestic fuels
facility permitting agreement means an agreement entered into between
the Administrator and a State or Indian tribe under subsection (b).
(6)The term domestic fuels producer means an
individual or entity that—
(A)owns or operates
a domestic fuels facility; or
(B)seeks to become
an owner or operator of a domestic fuels facility.
(7)The term Indian land has the meaning given the
term Indian lands in section 3 of the Native American Business
Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 (25 U.S.C. 4302).
(8)The term Indian tribe has the meaning given
the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance
Act (25 U.S.C. 450b).
(9)The
term permit means any permit, license, approval, variance, or
other form of authorization that a refiner is required to obtain—
(A)under any Federal
law; or
(B)from a State or
Indian tribal government agency delegated with authority by the Federal
Government, or authorized under Federal law to issue permits.
(10)The
term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy.
(11)The
term State means—
(A)a State;
(B)the District of
Columbia;
(C)the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico; and
(D)any other
territory or possession of the United States.
<enum>I</enum><header>Collaborative
permitting process for domestic fuels facilities</header>
<section id="ID76f761fce5864651ad631ccb72bdd097"><enum>101.</enum><header>Collaborative
permitting process for domestic fuels facilities</header>
<subsection id="ID6f472d0a0fda44c5b7a23e8eafa4fd42"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>At the request of the Governor of a State or the
governing body of an Indian tribe, the Administrator shall enter into a
domestic fuels facility permitting agreement with the State or Indian tribe
under which the process for obtaining all permits necessary for the
construction and operation of a domestic fuels facility shall be improved using
a systematic interdisciplinary multimedia approach as provided in this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID6bedee6210364883ad166335fdc5dcfd"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority of
Administrator</header><text>Under a domestic fuels facility permitting
agreement—</text>
<paragraph id="IDc85a2917a4a549b5b30b9999dfd953db"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Administrator
shall have authority, as applicable and necessary, to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7b9bcc452c7e4928ab8f3e1f719b1254"><enum>(A)</enum><text>accept from a
refiner a consolidated application for all permits that the domestic fuels
producer is required to obtain to construct and operate a domestic fuels
facility;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDea7367548d4746c8a73ee64d60c148ba"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish a
schedule under which each Federal, State, or Indian tribal government agency
that is required to make any determination to authorize the issuance of a
permit shall—</text>
<clause id="IDacdcba64c0ac4470b6b914d01dbe599b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>concurrently
consider, to the maximum extent practicable, each determination to be made;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0c6fdfef51c243b6a610076db20a4975"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>complete each
step in the permitting process; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID48145aa679b04e699d4a94cd2bcf9881"><enum>(C)</enum><text>issue a
consolidated permit that combines all permits that the domestic fuels producer
is required to obtain; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc439309459dc4d6f94159c7bd2592359"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Administrator
shall provide to State and Indian tribal government agencies—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8bc86d000c3a471881bfbedf2dfe0111"><enum>(A)</enum><text>financial
assistance in such amounts as the agencies reasonably require to hire such
additional personnel as are necessary to enable the government agencies to
comply with the applicable schedule established under paragraph (1)(B);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1955503715344ec2b8385977489d1ca9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>technical, legal,
and other assistance in complying with the domestic fuels facility permitting
agreement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2c8500b4dde84cadbf35113b77c4ef53"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Agreement by
the State</header><text>Under a domestic fuels facility permitting agreement, a
State or governing body of an Indian tribe shall agree that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID505d70b7cabb43139ebeac1b7a138aa6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Administrator
shall have each of the authorities described in subsection (b); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3f4930a7f1d641dd8e90ccb91a327dba"><enum>(2)</enum><text>each State or
Indian tribal government agency shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDf437ed2123fc469e83cfaed2998f62e8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>make such
structural and operational changes in the agencies as are necessary to enable
the agencies to carry out consolidated project-wide permit reviews concurrently
and in coordination with the Environmental Protection Agency and other Federal
agencies; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID85e5dcd4c85741528aadc667dc6cb175"><enum>(B)</enum><text>comply, to the
maximum extent practicable, with the applicable schedule established under
subsection (b)(1)(B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1b37053ade3f4c73b30bcb2567059db0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Interdisciplinary
approach</header>
<paragraph id="ID43595df8e74549d69042b644b992f2d1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator and a State or governing body of an
Indian tribe shall incorporate an interdisciplinary approach, to the maximum
extent practicable, in the development, review, and approval of domestic fuels
facility permits subject to this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd0ff171ec81a42f19ca1eaedfd321fad"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Options</header><text>Among
other options, the interdisciplinary approach may include use of—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDe73a02b43e1643dba28e3ad35f9fceae"><enum>(A)</enum><text>environmental
management practices; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9dfeb7d88b9d4d6c9b1825c648816fbe"><enum>(B)</enum><text>third party
contractors.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID77fcc30b58594d549ae965a2ecc7d0c5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Deadlines</header>
<paragraph id="ID11680e9ef9a4478f8a9451ecab3c431c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>New domestic
fuels facilities</header><text>In the case of a consolidated permit for the
construction of a new domestic fuels facility, the Administrator and the State
or governing body of an Indian tribe shall approve or disapprove the
consolidated permit not later than—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7449829575cb4da48d01c8458d605bf0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>360 days after
the date of the receipt of the administratively complete application for the
consolidated permit; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID17009fb382cf44008016c51a0aa47973"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on agreement of
the applicant, the Administrator, and the State or governing body of the Indian
tribe, 90 days after the expiration of the deadline established under
subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf737b82eeeb24b9281795c9b4d4c7d1c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Expansion of
existing domestic fuels facilities</header><text>In the case of a consolidated
permit for the expansion of an existing domestic fuels facility, the
Administrator and the State or governing body of an Indian tribe shall approve
or disapprove the consolidated permit not later than—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID54c4da060a6544d1b14779124f478907"><enum>(A)</enum><text>120 days after
the date of the receipt of the administratively complete application for the
consolidated permit; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID911e8982e819470b9f3dd74880e20454"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on agreement of
the applicant, the Administrator, and the State or governing body of the Indian
tribe, 30 days after the expiration of the deadline established under
subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2bc8ab36c7af4a139f85b5636450d6a4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Federal
agencies</header><text>Each Federal agency that is required to make any
determination to authorize the issuance of a permit shall comply with the
applicable schedule established under subsection (b)(1)(B).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID3196d63f46454de7bfbf5353b777bac4"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Judicial
review</header><text>Any civil action for review of any determination of any
Federal, State, or Indian tribal government agency in a permitting process
conducted under a domestic fuels facility permitting agreement brought by any
individual or entity shall be brought exclusively in the United States district
court for the district in which the domestic fuels facility is located or
proposed to be located.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDb83aad34e8844f46a49377e76d2f216a"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Efficient
permit review</header><text>In order to reduce the duplication of procedures,
the Administrator shall use State permitting and monitoring procedures to
satisfy substantially equivalent Federal requirements under this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID6722d9aa4b1c4251a1af42e0d7c418ac"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Severability</header><text>If
1 or more permits that are required for the construction or operation of a
domestic fuels facility are not approved on or before any deadline established
under subsection (e), the Administrator may issue a consolidated permit that
combines all other permits that the domestic fuels producer is required to
obtain other than any permits that are not approved.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID43d68ef72f614c07a199c6694a40f72a"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Savings</header><text>Nothing
in this section affects the operation or implementation of otherwise applicable
law regarding permits necessary for the construction and operation of a
domestic fuels facility.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID3585da4d1e9847af979e7e8238354738"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Consultation
with local governments</header><text>Congress encourages the Administrator,
States, and tribal governments to consult, to the maximum extent practicable,
with local governments in carrying out this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID946af1e90c5e4ccf985853d51cc0ebec"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Effect on local
authority</header><text>Nothing in this section affects—</text>
<paragraph id="IDb56d7d84016248afafe61bc59888a4c4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the authority of
a local government with respect to the issuance of permits; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9f391ba5053d47ea9afa7ae7adcc10d6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any requirement
or ordinance of a local government (such as zoning regulations).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Environmental
analysis of Fischer-Tropsch fuels</header>
<section commented="no" id="IDa092e281123845c2a4574f3cfb214b6f"><enum>201.</enum><header>Evaluation of
Fischer-Tropsch diesel and jet fuel as an emission control strategy</header>
<subsection id="ID054ffaf10b1a42f9be64c83be7f438d0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In cooperation with the Secretary of Energy, the
Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration,
Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Fischer-Tropsch industry
representatives, the Administrator shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf93940bb585346008e158b94b6afe9c5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct a
research and demonstration program to evaluate the air quality benefits of
ultra-clean Fischer-Tropsch transportation fuel, including diesel and jet
fuel;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbc81565b71ea4aebb6a3a9f57e9e6ee0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>evaluate the use
of ultra-clean Fischer-Tropsch transportation fuel as a mechanism for reducing
engine exhaust emissions; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0c8ac8e10caf410baf01921ee15530f7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>submit
recommendations to Congress on the most effective use and associated benefits
of these ultra-clean fuels for reducing public exposure to exhaust
emissions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf19ebac8ac6c4f53b5891ea4da8e9362"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Guidance and
technical support</header><text>The Administrator shall, to the extent
necessary, issue any guidance or technical support documents that would
facilitate the effective use and associated benefit of Fischer-Tropsch fuel and
blends.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID0f765955e16e4ff6b75bc2360124b233"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
program described in subsection (a) shall consider—</text>
<paragraph id="IDbc61bca3e34342e881696de5810c914b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the use of neat
(100 percent) Fischer-Tropsch fuel and blends with conventional crude
oil-derived fuel for heavy-duty and light-duty diesel engines and the aviation
sector; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID260bcc364ad04d739295eb9b52af380d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the production
costs associated with domestic production of those ultra clean fuel and prices
for consumers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc8127896e7614f4ca0a38ff057214a27"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>The
Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of
the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of
Representatives—</text>
<paragraph id="ID8b658d0e5b174aa29f86e51ef6d67740"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not later than
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, an interim report on actions
taken to carry out this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDff656b47d1b64f4680122a7ca7cfaa09"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not later than 1
year after the date of enactment of this Act, a final report on actions taken
to carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Domestic
coal-to-liquid fuel and cellulosic biomass ethanol</header>
<section id="IDfb962e6bd97642b6ad358253eafaedf8"><enum>301.</enum><header>Economic
development assistance to support commercial-scale cellulosic biomass ethanol
projects and coal-to-liquids facilities on BRAC property and Indian
land</header>
<subsection id="IDd61cac02ebdc49b0baeed9a40202a6ee"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>Notwithstanding
section 206 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C.
3146), in awarding funds made available to carry out section 209(c)(1) of that
Act (42 U.S.C. 3149(c)(1)) pursuant to section 702 of that Act (42 U.S.C.
3232), the Secretary and the Economic Development Administration shall give
priority to projects to support commercial-scale cellulosic biomass ethanol
projects and coal-to-liquids facilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDc5923593b4d84090a631021c4794b09a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal
share</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (c)(3)(B) and
notwithstanding the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42
U.S.C. 3121 et seq.), the Federal share of a project to support a
commercial-scale biomass ethanol facility or coal-to-liquid facility shall
be—</text>
<paragraph id="idB654892741A44E338BF73CF9BC1A9A79"><enum>(1)</enum><text>80 percent of the
project cost; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5D1BD7D52A174083B4DF433B60931478"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for a project
carried out on Indian land, 100 percent of the project cost.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID99acbc24a2fc43c78c9b0a370714be4b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional
award</header>
<paragraph id="IDd57fa7fdd7874fbfa37cccc86e908e1a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall make an additional award in
connection with a grant made to a recipient (including any Indian tribe for use
on Indian land) for a project to support a commercial-scale biomass ethanol
facility or coal-to-liquid facility.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9733f423f8e9487093df08a5142b0a3d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>The
amount of an additional award shall be 10 percent of the amount of the grant
for the project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe382d15414854adf98ead630aa2181f8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use</header><text>An
additional award under this subsection shall be used—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDbf19d63b7e124b4c9d9036188c005184"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to carry out any
eligible purpose under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965
(42 U.S.C. 3121 et seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID953e12c40b8a4b9a8c2d5ab42b3dbdf0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>notwithstanding
section 204 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 3144), to pay up to 100 percent of the cost
of an eligible project or activity under that Act; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6bcf14fd3f934d909dcf0a5f517d8af7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to meet the
non-Federal share requirements of that Act or any other Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID16dd6841e04e411b963c76e047b41de9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Non-Federal
source</header><text>For the purpose of paragraph (3)(C), an additional award
shall be treated as funds from a non-Federal source.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID09d997c0d5744814a597d9eed3612d87"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>The
Secretary shall use to carry out this subsection any amounts made
available—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2DD3DA847C2249358904EEC92F9214C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for economic
development assistance programs; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6D2A490DBD0849B5900ADB1682698C18"><enum>(B)</enum><text>under section 702
of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C.
3232).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Alternative
hydrocarbon and renewable reserves disclosures classification system</header>
<section id="id650D80D73BE744D3A426C6EAD4FFA7F4"><enum>401.</enum><header>Alternative
hydrocarbon and renewable reserves disclosures classification system</header>
<subsection id="idAE2C29D15091498497C0548D82C17DD2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Securities and Exchange Commission shall appoint a
task force composed of government and private sector representatives, including
experts in the field of dedicated energy crop feedstocks for cellulosic
biofuels production, to analyze, and submit to Congress a report (including
recommendations) on—</text>
<paragraph id="idBC5557AFFFF2418F93D4EA4269F024CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>modernization of
the hydrocarbon reserves disclosures classification system of the Commission to
reflect advances in reserves recovery from nontraditional sources (such as deep
water, oil shale, tar sands, and renewable reserves for cellulosic biofuels
feedstocks); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB1DA39BD4F954590A1E224AF3827488A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the creation of a
renewable reserves classification system for cellulosic biofuels
feedstocks.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID02b24b7dd3c24401b6deaab07eda9100"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deadline for
report</header><text>The Commission shall submit the report required under
subsection (a) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID34ff5b6bedb04769bda9a4a9033095df"><enum>501.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act
and the amendments made by this Act.</text>
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