1.Short
title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the American Energy Production Act
of 2008
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary.
TITLE I—Traditional resources
Subtitle A—Outer Continental Shelf
Sec. 101. Publication of projected State lines on outer
Continental Shelf.
Sec. 102. Production of oil and natural gas in new producing
areas.
Sec. 103. Conforming amendment.
Subtitle B—Leasing program for land within Coastal
Plain
Sec. 111. Definitions.
Sec. 112. Leasing program for land within the Coastal
Plain.
Sec. 113. Lease sales.
Sec. 114. Grant of leases by the Secretary.
Sec. 115. Lease terms and conditions.
Sec. 116. Coastal Plain environmental protection.
Sec. 117. Expedited judicial review.
Sec. 118. Rights-of-way and easements across Coastal
Plain.
Sec. 119. Conveyance.
Sec. 120. Local government impact aid and community service
assistance.
Sec. 121. Prohibition on exports.
Sec. 122. Allocation of revenues.
Subtitle C—Permitting
Sec. 131. Refinery permitting process.
Sec. 132. Removal of additional fee for new applications for
permits to drill.
Subtitle D—Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Sec. 141. Suspension of petroleum acquisition for Strategic
Petroleum Reserve.
Subtitle E—Restoration of State revenue
Sec. 151. Restoration of State revenue.
TITLE II—Alternative resources
Subtitle A—Renewable fuel and advanced energy
technology
Sec. 201. Definition of renewable biomass.
Sec. 202. Advanced battery manufacturing incentive
program.
Sec. 203. Biofuels infrastructure and additives research and
development.
Sec. 204. Study of increased consumption of ethanol-blended
gasoline with higher levels of ethanol.
Sec. 205. Study of diesel vehicle attributes.
Subtitle B—Clean coal-derived fuels for energy
security
Sec. 211. Short title.
Sec. 212. Definitions.
Sec. 213. Clean coal-derived fuel program.
Subtitle C—Oil shale
Sec. 221. Removal of prohibition on final regulations for
commercial leasing program for oil shale resources on public land.
Subtitle D—Department of Defense facilitation of secure
domestic fuel development
Sec. 231. Procurement and acquisition of alternative
fuels.
Sec. 232. Multiyear contract authority for the Department of
Defense for the procurement of synthetic fuels.
2.In this Act, the
term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy.
<enum>I</enum><header>Traditional
resources</header>
<subtitle id="idA7D79CA28F814253941E9673B1BBD974"><enum>A</enum><header>Outer Continental
Shelf</header>
<section id="ID79484307572A4730AE2DB07A3B01ED54"><enum>101.</enum><header>Publication of
projected State lines on outer Continental Shelf</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4(a)(2)(A) of the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1333(a)(2)(A)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID7117F4D8571F480AA5EBF378074F8C2A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by designating
the first, second, and third sentences as clause (i), (iii), and (iv),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID217D456FEAC447BC8CDADD51977C75DF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (i) (as
so designated), by inserting before the period at the end the following:
<quote>not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the
<short-title>American Energy Production Act of
2008</short-title></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9B52818154A540B5A240520C9B83FA49"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
after clause (i) (as so designated) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72CAD9D9748746A083ECA7AEBCC000AF" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID6DDE58F095B7488781C736A4DB4CB915" indent="up3"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID4E280BC708DD432C9239618434B62B40"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The projected lines
shall also be used for the purpose of preleasing and leasing activities
conducted in new producing areas under section 32.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEAE13E66494D4C4186FA2D131121F2DD" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>This clause shall not affect any
property right or title to Federal submerged land on the outer Continental
Shelf.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF179F59179D42F7857652B71DFD8F0F" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>In carrying out this clause, the
President shall consider the offshore administrative boundaries beyond State
submerged lands for planning, coordination, and administrative purposes of the
Department of the Interior, but may establish different
boundaries.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID2CE98CAC694A4B85AEBABD0BC3CD04C0"><enum>102.</enum><header>Production of
oil and natural gas in new producing areas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8BEB20A950374D15ADBDE0B6EAC54B55" style="OLC">
<section id="IDE68D7EC09DA14C69B050EB7FADF47917"><enum>32.</enum><header>Production of
oil and natural gas in new producing areas</header>
<subsection id="ID02E7CBE27F3848F39FD1FBF5129984A7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="IDF074F6D4DED1412DA0099DEB2F346A08"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coastal
political subdivision</header><text>The term <term>coastal political
subdivision</term> means a political subdivision of a new producing State any
part of which political subdivision is—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDA86863A78125419F9BFFA2DF8F742C3D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>within the
coastal zone (as defined in section 304 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CAMA72">Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972</act-name> (16
U.S.C. 1453)) of the new producing State as of the date of enactment of this
section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID03B86967390D40248ED16C3E4F2221FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not more than 200
nautical miles from the geographic center of any leased tract.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF1B0EC83E4E244BDAEC1D4C1426CCA28"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Moratorium
area</header>
<subparagraph id="id764B011E375F4A72BA80DB99EDEA27CC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>moratorium area</term> means an area
covered by sections 104 through 105 of the Department of the Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–161;
121 Stat. 2118) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this
section).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1D9262D7C014400DAE4D286290B957EF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>The
term <term>moratorium area</term> does not include an area located in the Gulf
of Mexico.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID69154E892D54464A908C3AE9876B9958"><enum>(3)</enum><header>New producing
area</header><text>The term <term>new producing area</term> means any
moratorium area within the offshore administrative boundaries beyond the
submerged land of a State that is located greater than 50 miles from the
coastline of the State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id687873029E1D4FDF9A11D701E8E71CD8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>New producing
State</header><text>The term <term>new producing State</term> means a State
that has, within the offshore administrative boundaries beyond the submerged
land of the State, a new producing area available for oil and gas leasing under
subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe8a1329f561c4ae0aee318905013aa49"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Offshore
administrative boundaries</header><text>The term <term>offshore administrative
boundaries</term> means the administrative boundaries established by the
Secretary beyond State submerged land for planning, coordination, and
administrative purposes of the Department of the Interior and published in the
Federal Register on January 3, 2006 (71 Fed. Reg. 127).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDA5D92BED407148618F60C025481A9038"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Qualified outer
Continental Shelf revenues</header>
<subparagraph id="IDD3CF9E2A4454488F928EB41272BF6461"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>qualified outer Continental Shelf
revenues</term> means all rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and other sums due
and payable to the United States from leases entered into on or after the date
of enactment of this section for new producing areas.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB31D081EDCE148EF93244B87726F8093"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The
term <term>qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues</term> does not
include—</text>
<clause id="ID3e87a6d75e0f419d85c156d1d1cc6360"><enum>(i)</enum><text>revenues from a
bond or other surety forfeited for obligations other than the collection of
royalties;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3524a1b032634a67b6eccb148b5f30d0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>revenues from
civil penalties;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDdb37b393ef2b49dda6868dcbad104e51"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>royalties taken
by the Secretary in-kind and not sold;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID66957ceae08547a79c102542370ecd5c"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>revenues
generated from leases subject to section 8(g); or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3d3a733ff1f04f2d96c2c798d4f3c586"><enum>(v)</enum><text>any revenues
considered qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues under section 102 of the
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law
109–432).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID464EE0E3AA6A454687F8E2A65F995CE3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Petition for
Leasing New Producing Areas</header>
<paragraph id="IDE864894638864F80B34407910793064E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Beginning on the date on which the President delineates
projected State lines under section 4(a)(2)(A)(ii), the Governor of a State
with a new producing area within the offshore administrative boundaries beyond
the submerged land of the State may submit to the Secretary a petition
requesting that the Secretary make the new producing area available for oil and
gas leasing.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDE263D4AAFC44500A71EC488CFA77D78"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Action by
Secretary</header><text>Notwithstanding section 18, as soon as practicable
after receipt of a petition under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall approve
the petition if the Secretary determines that leasing the new producing area
would not create an unreasonable risk of harm to the marine, human, or coastal
environment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC5666DC283E54DFDA83BDD09854D04A3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Disposition of
qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues from new producing areas</header>
<paragraph id="IDAB4B17C4149941259ADBEAE926CC11A2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding section 9 and subject to the other
provisions of this subsection, for each applicable fiscal year, the Secretary
of the Treasury shall deposit—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8715D478A49A48FC9CE46C9AB4D8350A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>50 percent of
qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues in the general fund of the Treasury;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE6EC01AB2ADE41E8B22C6D2AD3BDA695"><enum>(B)</enum><text>50 percent of
qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues in a special account in the Treasury
from which the Secretary shall disburse—</text>
<clause id="IDB6163135FC2748FDAF0048DD709236EC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>75 percent to new
producing States in accordance with paragraph (2); and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDA7E4C6A3E6894E2E909195205BBADFA0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>25 percent to
provide financial assistance to States in accordance with section 6 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="LWCFA">Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of
1965</act-name> (16 U.S.C. 460<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">l</added-phrase>–8), which shall be considered
income to the Land and Water Conservation Fund for purposes of section 2 of
that Act (16 U.S.C. 460<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">l</added-phrase>–5).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID19D89662DBD845E992BDBB4B347D6D15"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation to
new producing States and coastal political subdivisions</header>
<subparagraph id="ID5983E9684A9842D29C307D6CF34A1696"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Allocation to
new producing States</header><text>Effective for fiscal year 2008 and each
fiscal year thereafter, the amount made available under paragraph (1)(B)(i)
shall be allocated to each new producing State in amounts (based on a formula
established by the Secretary by regulation) proportional to the amount of
qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues generated in the new producing area
offshore each State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID790DC22E508043E5B03E30E952DD3414"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Payments to
coastal political subdivisions</header>
<clause id="ID856313ADD8A3498F8754933519CD0804"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall pay 20 percent of the allocable share
of each new producing State, as determined under subparagraph (A), to the
coastal political subdivisions of the new producing State.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID45D6BD88FF1B48A9875E453DDDE4CE88"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>The
amount paid by the Secretary to coastal political subdivisions shall be
allocated to each coastal political subdivision in accordance with
subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 31(b)(4).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID998ee0f3863044baa72a224ddd3a5685"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Minimum
allocation</header><text>The amount allocated to a new producing State for each
fiscal year under paragraph (2) shall be at least 5 percent of the amounts
available under for the fiscal year under paragraph (1)(B)(i).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3A89736CFDBA467FA1898DEE26BD424A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The
amounts required to be deposited under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) for
the applicable fiscal year shall be made available in accordance with that
subparagraph during the fiscal year immediately following the applicable fiscal
year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8A991050008D4AC88931400AE1D08F96"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorized
uses</header>
<subparagraph id="IDA794812614AE4EB39542B1AA550F0074"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), each new producing State and
coastal political subdivision shall use all amounts received under paragraph
(2) in accordance with all applicable Federal and State laws, only for 1 or
more of the following purposes:</text>
<clause id="IDCFA9335CF95A472DA2B9FF55D4397834"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Projects and
activities for the purposes of coastal protection, including conservation,
coastal restoration, hurricane protection, and infrastructure directly affected
by coastal wetland losses.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDA98C61A93CED43ABBEF5FAB869427826"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Mitigation of
damage to fish, wildlife, or natural resources.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDE40EDA6DE1084AC9A1CFA85C41F4C6AB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Implementation
of a federally approved marine, coastal, or comprehensive conservation
management plan.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDD31ECBD28B78409AAB10A7EA46476FE1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Mitigation of
the impact of outer Continental Shelf activities through the funding of onshore
infrastructure projects.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDC6D3947F8CC94F5C9AA5328CEEB6D022"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Planning
assistance and the administrative costs of complying with this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7A6B90A3855143CBA51222E48A4EC35A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Not
more than 3 percent of amounts received by a new producing State or coastal
political subdivision under paragraph (2) may be used for the purposes
described in subparagraph (A)(v).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDFDD6716F0C4F4787BF6A94AA5B72D4FA"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>Amounts
made available under paragraph (1)(B) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8B83E217372E4E73A5387711FFEBE84A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be made
available, without further appropriation, in accordance with this
subsection;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID57729C5704ED4995815633718ED40B0D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>remain available
until expended; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5339F774F350488F9D05EC7D720D11DC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>be in addition to
any amounts appropriated under—</text>
<clause id="ID1AE58C11528C4EE1A033FDB22AF3EA4E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>other provisions
of this Act;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID221FC0BC52CA433DB510DF7782770A95"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
<act-name parsable-cite="LWCFA">Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of
1965</act-name> (16 U.S.C. 460<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">l</added-phrase>–4 et seq.); or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDD6EFBDA236354B40AE62E07BBEB8E825"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any other
provision of law.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC57FD348934544F7B15433223F4A2962"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Disposition of
qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues from other
areas</header><text>Notwithstanding section 9, for each applicable fiscal year,
the terms and conditions of subsection (c) shall apply to the disposition of
qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues that—</text>
<paragraph id="idF1D75E50326C46D4B6B3274710408E87"><enum>(1)</enum><text>are derived from
oil or gas leasing in an area that is not included in the current 5-year plan
of the Secretary for oil or gas leasing; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6FFE35F608E84DE296C21B76B6DF8147"><enum>(2)</enum><text>are not assumed
in the budget of the United States Government submitted by the President under
section 1105 of title 31, United States
Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB8BDE5A185045B19F220169AE149F16"><enum>103.</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Sections 104 through
105 of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2118) are
repealed.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="id49A2D5C839B24166ADC7723921DE7904"><enum>B</enum><header>Leasing program
for land within Coastal Plain</header>
<section id="ID4e9a796bf5e74177ad0fc81905906d2b"><enum>111.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph id="ID47b396edd4dc4e04a7eaf4138ea49707"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coastal
Plain</header><text>The term <term>Coastal Plain</term> means that area
identified as the <quote>1002 Coastal Plain Area</quote> on the map.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA5ECCB29380B47D2AE423F4053A22DD7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal
agreement</header><text>The term <term>Federal Agreement</term> means the
Federal Agreement and Grant Right-of-Way for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline issued
on January 23, 1974, in accordance with section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act
(30 U.S.C. 185) and the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act (43 U.S.C. 1651
et seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDBA4F7E2D7A84BD3BBC1FAB620F5F3A1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Final
statement</header><text>The term <term>Final Statement</term> means the final
legislative environmental impact statement on the Coastal Plain, dated April
1987, and prepared pursuant to section 1002 of the Alaska National Interest
Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3142) and section 102(2)(C) of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id966D90EBFCCD4E37814E12C3DFDC9FD9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Map</header><text>The
term <term>map</term> means the map entitled <quote>Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge</quote>, dated September 2005, and prepared by the United States
Geological Survey.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4a7356c932ba4dc29bf5ec63b50279d2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior (or the
designee of the Secretary), acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land
Management in consultation with the Director of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service and in coordination with a State coordinator appointed by the
Governor of the State of Alaska.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID889aaf0072184e539931d49f86ba4518"><enum>112.</enum><header>Leasing
program for land within the Coastal Plain</header>
<subsection id="ID2f98fdc0a24e49bab1df5890d8a6bfd0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph id="ID56ab21a606894a329255624c97cc4c04"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>Congress
authorizes the exploration, leasing, development, production, and economically
feasible and prudent transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coastal
Plain.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd6b6a4fe40fa4f638363560177501b4c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Actions</header><text>The
Secretary shall take such actions as are necessary—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8a3afa33ba904f07a2be6609b373aea5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to establish and
implement, in accordance with this subtitle, a competitive oil and gas leasing
program that will result in an environmentally sound program for the
exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the
Coastal Plain while taking into consideration the interests and concerns of
residents of the Coastal Plain, which is the homeland of the Kaktovikmiut
Inupiat; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6be957b1e1a544debd11c2d7ad42c467"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to administer
this subtitle through regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions,
prohibitions, stipulations, and other provisions that—</text>
<clause id="id0192541073494C31BEE6911C11AC0909"><enum>(i)</enum><text>ensure the oil
and gas exploration, development, and production activities on the Coastal
Plain will result in no significant adverse effect on fish and wildlife, their
habitat, subsistence resources, and the environment; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id45C134A7F7B64600AD1A2AC129BEBBD0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>require the
application of the best commercially available technology for oil and gas
exploration, development, and production to all exploration, development, and
production operations under this subtitle in a manner that ensures the receipt
of fair market value by the public for the mineral resources to be
leased.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDb8092d27dbc14ddbae4244978a8c99f0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal</header>
<paragraph id="ID545351343f064191b485df77b9dee607"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section
1003 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3143) is
repealed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDcbeeb834f994455082c352d90d9dcb60"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The table of contents contained in section 1 of that
Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 note) is amended by striking the item relating to section
1003.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf0d70ebf58d94376bdfedc23ec82fb1c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compliance with
requirements under certain other laws</header>
<paragraph id="IDca7477988a3342069237ebf398829b6c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Compatibility</header><text>For
purposes of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16
U.S.C. 668dd et seq.)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idCE8F08EBA973474394419C8EF11D4AFB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the oil and gas
pre-leasing and leasing program, and activities authorized by this section in
the Coastal Plain, shall be considered to be compatible with the purposes for
which the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was established; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0DD31ED74DF545AF94CD29203E6BE85E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>no further
findings or decisions shall be required to implement that program and those
activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4fa05e559e734d1faa8825a4dde85c33"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adequacy of the
Department of the Interior's legislative environmental impact
statement</header><text>The Final Statement shall be considered to satisfy the
requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.) that apply with respect to pre-leasing activities, including
exploration programs and actions authorized to be taken by the Secretary to
develop and promulgate the regulations for the establishment of a leasing
program authorized by this subtitle before the conduct of the first lease
sale.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc9c33801be56487ea69bb3d121ba170a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Compliance with
NEPA for other actions</header>
<subparagraph id="id58B4D63A74CD4B12B826D98F1EDD7B85"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Before conducting the first lease sale under this
subtitle, the Secretary shall prepare an environmental impact statement in
accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321
et seq.) with respect to the actions authorized by this subtitle that are not
referred to in paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE072FF63C9B04A1F86A81679413C7D3B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Identification
and analysis</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in
carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary shall not be required—</text>
<clause id="id32FC1DCC7290454BB571E2BED9C2B5AD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to
identify nonleasing alternative courses of action; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id54B6AAF2B8264C66AB16975798047C6A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to
analyze the environmental effects of those courses of action.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC16C34F9411A4F729983001D4F5B5914"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Identification
of preferred action</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="id619D79F7D9254C74B941FE27B49A9656"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identify only a
preferred action and a single leasing alternative for the first lease sale
authorized under this subtitle; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id85BAA185EFA54D098F9A9A4E1B4A2887"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>analyze the
environmental effects and potential mitigation measures for those 2
alternatives.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5B392E9F691E4223B39E53A046632169"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Public
comments</header><text>In carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary shall
consider only public comments that are filed not later than 20 days after the
date of publication of a draft environmental impact statement.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idED29943597F84BBBA395A966C2D45BDF"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Effect of
compliance</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, compliance
with this paragraph shall be considered to satisfy all requirements for the
analysis and consideration of the environmental effects of proposed leasing
under this subtitle.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf17426dfa4954f3f8d395b5a95226c8c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relationship to
State and local authority</header><text>Nothing in this subtitle expands or
limits any State or local regulatory authority.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID0e2a553b76db42848ec3541b94d1440d"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special
areas</header>
<paragraph id="id1D4EF748A8DC434A94B719E1CA22D277"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Designation</header>
<subparagraph id="IDf5e37611b01b4a418ee7aca0de84af93"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, after consultation with the State of
Alaska, the North Slope Borough, Alaska, and the City of Kaktovik, Alaska, may
designate not more than 45,000 acres of the Coastal Plain as a special area if
the Secretary determines that the special area would be of such unique
character and interest as to require special management and regulatory
protection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id163A0C6AF68747728ABC486CB4926F83"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Sadlerochit
spring area</header><text>The Secretary shall designate as a special area in
accordance with subparagraph (A) the Sadlerochit Spring area, comprising
approximately 4,000 acres as depicted on the map.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDb1be8a81a93e4b40a91e6251d7cb7eef"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Management</header><text>The
Secretary shall manage each special area designated under this subsection in a
manner that—</text>
<subparagraph id="idEA406688D44747D4AAB038D86F5B0A8A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>respects and
protects the Native people of the area; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1B9E7652FBAC4C5CB1354A5A410ADA1E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>preserves the
unique and diverse character of the area, including fish, wildlife, subsistence
resources, and cultural values of the area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8ba091fcac394106a2eb17243fa29cdd"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exclusion from
leasing or surface occupancy</header>
<subparagraph id="id7C258B7A710441F3942F06D928375F8E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may exclude any special area designated
under this subsection from leasing.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id126D9EEC119D4CABA6B947FB9CA6A4CA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>No surface
occupancy</header><text>If the Secretary leases all or a portion of a special
area for the purposes of oil and gas exploration, development, production, and
related activities, there shall be no surface occupancy of the land comprising
the special area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6dd021eea4c8465380569ed6e78b25db"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Directional
drilling</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection,
the Secretary may lease all or a portion of a special area under terms that
permit the use of horizontal drilling technology from sites on leases located
outside the special area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID49ac219709474e86a2d7555bdaac5880"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitation on
closed areas</header><text>The Secretary may not close land within the Coastal
Plain to oil and gas leasing or to exploration, development, or production
except in accordance with this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDc589dfa72cd84a7c9619327f1b7185f0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Regulations</header>
<paragraph id="ID09118b3f361445a483f7400048bbe3eb"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 15 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, in consultation with appropriate agencies of the State of Alaska, the
North Slope Borough, Alaska, and the City of Kaktovik, Alaska, the Secretary
shall issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out this subtitle,
including rules and regulations relating to protection of the fish and
wildlife, fish and wildlife habitat, and subsistence resources of the Coastal
Plain.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa6d51b9f38a24fc4ac96f0f86cd6242f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revision of
regulations</header><text>The Secretary may periodically review and, as
appropriate, revise the rules and regulations issued under paragraph (1) to
reflect any significant scientific or engineering data that come to the
attention of the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID8f083be956fc419cbbb4ac31e61f5e17"><enum>113.</enum><header>Lease
sales</header>
<subsection id="IDaf799b786e5941a090af9afe6dddc7a0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Land may be leased pursuant to this subtitle to any
person qualified to obtain a lease for deposits of oil and gas under the
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDb4d5cafd05b84535a8b89784bb30816c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The
Secretary shall, by regulation, establish procedures for—</text>
<paragraph id="ID4c6cb6fc02084e5f8e00a5778dfdd944"><enum>(1)</enum><text>receipt and
consideration of sealed nominations for any area in the Coastal Plain for
inclusion in, or exclusion (as provided in subsection (c)) from, a lease
sale;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDce73189744f149b6ba8e61bb4236f981"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the holding of
lease sales after that nomination process; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb15e3d8ae8924d66b3715fdaf0d700d0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>public notice of
and comment on designation of areas to be included in, or excluded from, a
lease sale.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe854008a3ca940fbb22b56c48393eeb8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Lease sale
bids</header><text>Bidding for leases under this subtitle shall be by sealed
competitive cash bonus bids.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDfb6ed3126a6f4cbea6b9c1460ba3eaf3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Acreage minimum
in first sale</header><text>For the first lease sale under this subtitle, the
Secretary shall offer for lease those tracts the Secretary considers to have
the greatest potential for the discovery of hydrocarbons, taking into
consideration nominations received pursuant to subsection (b)(1), but in no
case less than 200,000 acres.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID451642a2031f4e9c97e51ad373a0baa5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Timing of lease
sales</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDfb26f6e16da348eea13a35a51f8d4903"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not later than 22
months after the date of enactment of this Act, conduct the first lease sale
under this subtitle;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID41b70e7134ba47f6817bb1d64d36ee44"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not later than
September 30, 2012, conduct a second lease sale under this subtitle; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe436a53f45964f049ae18388d3edcc54"><enum>(3)</enum><text>conduct
additional sales at appropriate intervals if sufficient interest in exploration
or development exists to warrant the conduct of the additional sales.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDb8b851cd962e49b6b39ccf738d779f00"><enum>114.</enum><header>Grant of
leases by the Secretary</header>
<subsection id="ID5c0caed57f8c49d1acf56ef960755dfc"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Upon payment by a lessee of such bonus as may be accepted
by the Secretary, the Secretary may grant to the highest responsible qualified
bidder in a lease sale conducted pursuant to section 113 a lease for any land
on the Coastal Plain.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID4b130bd6c66948f2bcb59274df4496b4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Subsequent
transfers</header>
<paragraph id="id4F4FAB88EBA14631A3E84B15A23FFAED"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>No lease issued under this subtitle may be sold,
exchanged, assigned, sublet, or otherwise transferred except with the approval
of the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0CB39DCA414F40BAB8539D8C50246114"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Condition for
approval</header><text>Before granting any approval described in paragraph (1),
the Secretary shall consult with and give due consideration to the opinion of
the Attorney General.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDefd6e12ef8514bde89de0dc2fc2d109b"><enum>115.</enum><header>Lease terms
and conditions</header>
<subsection id="ID2c4b6f82f115481b979d65e939387b27"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An oil or gas lease issued pursuant to this subtitle
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID99a284cde5b3476da3759f9388b97e15"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide for the
payment of a royalty of not less than 16½ percent of the amount or value of the
production removed or sold from the lease, as determined by the Secretary in
accordance with regulations applicable to other Federal oil and gas
leases;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7c352925494d4ded86a3241e04f725db"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide that the
Secretary may close, on a seasonal basis, such portions of the Coastal Plain to
exploratory drilling activities as are necessary to protect caribou calving
areas and other species of fish and wildlife;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID12531e09e5e04d8484f5cb2304fcbe4d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>require that each
lessee of land within the Coastal Plain shall be fully responsible and liable
for the reclamation of land within the Coastal Plain and any other Federal land
that is adversely affected in connection with exploration, development,
production, or transportation activities within the Coastal Plain conducted by
the lessee or by any of the subcontractors or agents of the lessee;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6c1f792c77c648b4b9840b87bd00a02a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide that the
lessee may not delegate or convey, by contract or otherwise, that reclamation
responsibility and liability to another person without the express written
approval of the Secretary;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3060d755055e46be8b211470f4046a8a"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide that the
standard of reclamation for land required to be reclaimed under this subtitle
shall be, to the maximum extent practicable—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6B5C33D881294161A937C4895D5B4881"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a condition
capable of supporting the uses that the land was capable of supporting prior to
any exploration, development, or production activities; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2021C7D1A56A4CAEB0EE43B9CCBFE588"><enum>(B)</enum><text>upon application
by the lessee, to a higher or better standard, as approved by the
Secretary;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4560710656704623bde65435189c5ad6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>contain terms and
conditions relating to protection of fish and wildlife, fish and wildlife
habitat, subsistence resources, and the environment as required under section
112(a)(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID69c6485d0e1745ea8568a456438bd671"><enum>(7)</enum><text>provide that each
lessee, and each agent and contractor of a lessee, use their best efforts to
provide a fair share of employment and contracting for Alaska Natives and
Alaska Native Corporations from throughout the State of Alaska, as determined
by the level of obligation previously agreed to in the Federal Agreement;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9fcfb0479bb349a6b7e75debadc38844"><enum>(8)</enum><text>contain such
other provisions as the Secretary determines to be necessary to ensure
compliance with this subtitle and regulations issued under this
subtitle.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6663471783d1446d833e06af08e1c06d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Project labor
agreements</header><text>The Secretary, as a term and condition of each lease
under this subtitle, and in recognizing the proprietary interest of the Federal
Government in labor stability and in the ability of construction labor and
management to meet the particular needs and conditions of projects to be
developed under the leases issued pursuant to this subtitle (including the
special concerns of the parties to those leases), shall require that each
lessee, and each agent and contractor of a lessee, under this subtitle
negotiate to obtain a project labor agreement for the employment of laborers
and mechanics on production, maintenance, and construction under the
lease.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDb715d31383244a52b20e661ef6f5a528"><enum>116.</enum><header>Coastal Plain
environmental protection</header>
<subsection id="ID0ea79d2df5a34851aaa6e0778b4ab21e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>No significant
adverse effect standard To govern authorized coastal plain
activities</header><text>In accordance with section 112, the Secretary shall
administer this subtitle through regulations, lease terms, conditions,
restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, or other provisions that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID711ba77b4f5849f9a88d98c077d75b28"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensure, to the
maximum extent practicable, that oil and gas exploration, development, and
production activities on the Coastal Plain will result in no significant
adverse effect on fish and wildlife, fish and wildlife habitat, and the
environment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0b9f5988d7c04622883b4ab7be8a298e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>require the
application of the best commercially available technology for oil and gas
exploration, development, and production on all new exploration, development,
and production operations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb38f9619683f4a55b58ac9ecdac562ed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ensure that the
maximum surface acreage covered in connection with the leasing program by
production and support facilities, including airstrips and any areas covered by
gravel berms or piers for support of pipelines, does not exceed 2,000 acres on
the Coastal Plain.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd4930e0ae9b74cf280455841be21b9d5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Site-specific
assessment and mitigation</header><text>The Secretary shall require, with
respect to any proposed drilling and related activities on the Coastal Plain,
that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID789ea94bb3a94f6a9982ef42ec5cc4f6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a site-specific
environmental analysis be made of the probable effects, if any, that the
drilling or related activities will have on fish and wildlife, fish and
wildlife habitat, subsistence resources, subsistence uses, and the
environment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc79d60d288384a7d869ead77d2952724"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a plan be
implemented to avoid, minimize, and mitigate (in that order and to the maximum
extent practicable) any significant adverse effect identified under paragraph
(1); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9719dd88ca734f5ca4d9b2f5a6fbeab4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the development
of the plan occur after consultation with—</text>
<subparagraph id="id034C2CB7F6B44AA9928B076CAB3A662D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each agency
having jurisdiction over matters mitigated by the plan;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEBEDC83241764C8D871E44EFEEF2FABF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the State of
Alaska;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id38D2E4228E174E768B49CC152051E8BA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>North Slope
Borough, Alaska; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2E4A3F8839A34882B65538E7C1F8EFD9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the City of
Kaktovik, Alaska.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDa5193f629bb740ce9cb252e8b3b2f94d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations To
protect Coastal Plain fish and wildlife resources, subsistence users, and the
environment</header><text>Before implementing the leasing program authorized by
this subtitle, the Secretary shall prepare and issue regulations, lease terms,
conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, or other measures
designed to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the activities
carried out on the Coastal Plain under this subtitle are conducted in a manner
consistent with the purposes and environmental requirements of this
subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID3cc7a9ba70884dfdb094ea50e15ab9ab"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Compliance with
Federal and State environmental laws and other requirements</header><text>The
proposed regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, and
stipulations for the leasing program under this subtitle shall require—</text>
<paragraph id="id620EEE5785EF40D8850FDF89C4F1E19D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>compliance with
all applicable provisions of Federal and State environmental law (including
regulations);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8b865e509bf14068bd041ca997bda418"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implementation of
and compliance with—</text>
<subparagraph id="idCB8F04702D624A939D41FF8CAFADF5CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>standards that
are at least as effective as the safety and environmental mitigation measures,
as described in items 1 through 29 on pages 167 through 169 of the Final
Statement, on the Coastal Plain;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe9165eed88e2424e8a19e05ab26c5839"><enum>(B)</enum><text>seasonal
limitations on exploration, development, and related activities, as necessary,
to avoid significant adverse effects during periods of concentrated fish and
wildlife breeding, denning, nesting, spawning, and migration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0b8483d24ce740b5bcbe4bac18991e57"><enum>(C)</enum><text>design safety and
construction standards for all pipelines and any access and service roads that
minimize, to the maximum extent practicable, adverse effects on—</text>
<clause id="ID2b8c3be449e64cb49f8f5b1100f24f12"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
passage of migratory species (such as caribou); and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID55dd2f4c979f4a1a8c83f17ba1295df2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the flow of
surface water by requiring the use of culverts, bridges, or other structural
devices;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID19993ae94dce4107b3895644a9534d23"><enum>(D)</enum><text>prohibitions on
general public access to, and use of, all pipeline access and service
roads;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4cc920810b6b4aa5b227414069803416"><enum>(E)</enum><text>stringent
reclamation and rehabilitation requirements in accordance with this subtitle
for the removal from the Coastal Plain of all oil and gas development and
production facilities, structures, and equipment on completion of oil and gas
production operations, except in a case in which the Secretary determines that
those facilities, structures, or equipment—</text>
<clause id="id0EB7CBD2EC714E2182214043A940CF3D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>would assist in
the management of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id23CF756FB8B447A785B3D256F11F9BC0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are donated to
the United States for that purpose;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcc46738c824d452b99afc634e9354d38"><enum>(F)</enum><text>appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on—</text>
<clause id="idFBC0D71CD7814A2EAB3D7F060CF6D462"><enum>(i)</enum><text>access by all
modes of transportation;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDca4bc0b248a34cc5a937078e57c3a253"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>sand and gravel
extraction; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDdd8a1a8957ca4461883f1ad76c641784"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>use of
explosives;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6CE025E0CD404BF88027807155AF857F"><enum>(G)</enum><text>reasonable
stipulations for protection of cultural and archaeological resources;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4fee42d5679347e78854b2350dc8a745"><enum>(H)</enum><text>measures to
protect groundwater and surface water, including—</text>
<clause id="id9956E27C49EF4C33B722CCD8627D9D06"><enum>(i)</enum><text>avoidance, to the
maximum extent practicable, of springs, streams, and river systems;</text>
</clause><clause id="id82D4F9628CA64C12B6409DA75975003A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the protection
of natural surface drainage patterns and wetland and riparian habitats;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="idB5ED6757D5CC4ABEB241F4A0C8F03DC7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the regulation
of methods or techniques for developing or transporting adequate supplies of
water for exploratory drilling; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcbc5bd2e0a514e748f28f950c7030587"><enum>(I)</enum><text>research,
monitoring, and reporting requirements;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID678ada9890894beea69931d06cc07038"><enum>(3)</enum><text>that exploration
activities (except surface geological studies) be limited to the period between
approximately November 1 and May 1 of each year and be supported, if necessary,
by ice roads, winter trails with adequate snow cover, ice pads, ice airstrips,
and air transport methods (except that those exploration activities may be
permitted at other times if the Secretary determines that the exploration will
have no significant adverse effect on fish and wildlife, fish and wildlife
habitat, subsistence resources, and the environment of the Coastal
Plain);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID090f709ffd714caf9b9b94fcc07a3e7a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>consolidation of
facility siting;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd73e973a046a4a6588536900ba028d6a"><enum>(5)</enum><text>avoidance or
reduction of air traffic-related disturbance to fish and wildlife;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID205b0482e66b4d998cf2509f199cb92d"><enum>(6)</enum><text>treatment and
disposal of hazardous and toxic wastes, solid wastes, reserve pit fluids,
drilling muds and cuttings, and domestic wastewater, including, in accordance
with applicable Federal and State environmental laws (including
regulations)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id04E1B396245C455AB38AD05A982529F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>preparation of an
annual waste management report;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id798B032B4DF94C568DA8020494F0E62B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>development and
implementation of a hazardous materials tracking system; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4E8AA82501524E9DAFC657F74F27F15A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>prohibition on
the use of chlorinated solvents;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8633060b0fe64699966dd298989a8bbe"><enum>(7)</enum><text>fuel storage and
oil spill contingency planning;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0fd8e2c5a8ac4935a9bc9d2badd5f4c6"><enum>(8)</enum><text>conduct of
periodic field crew environmental briefings;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc6d77aa1707c4d1bb51ddf63cb43ac58"><enum>(9)</enum><text>avoidance of
significant adverse effects on subsistence hunting, fishing, and
trapping;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID68c82c6063cd4bed89a5de385d8ca6bd"><enum>(10)</enum><text>compliance with
applicable air and water quality standards;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID235d299d05cf4cc78401f7afc99104f7"><enum>(11)</enum><text>appropriate
seasonal and safety zone designations around well sites, within which
subsistence hunting and trapping shall be limited; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe46a8b7bb1e342a68e289dd19db4196e"><enum>(12)</enum><text>development and
implementation of such other protective environmental requirements,
restrictions, terms, or conditions as the Secretary, after consultation with
the State of Alaska, North Slope Borough, Alaska, and the City of Kaktovik,
Alaska, determines to be necessary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID68412f6ad5284f18ae60db81260e8063"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In
preparing and issuing regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions,
prohibitions, or stipulations under this section, the Secretary shall take into
consideration—</text>
<paragraph id="IDcb62e68e1d2e48f099fd7a4f86f92a48"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the stipulations
and conditions that govern the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska leasing
program, as set forth in the 1999 Northeast National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
Final Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental Impact Statement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID61dc68011e874ca199d5c88c80675d5c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the environmental
protection standards that governed the initial Coastal Plain seismic
exploration program under parts 37.31 through 37.33 of title 50, Code of
Federal Regulations (or successor regulations); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1abd4586c22742d58414fb4f8cd79e5f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the land use
stipulations for exploratory drilling on the KIC–ASRC private land described in
Appendix 2 of the agreement between Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and the
United States dated August 9, 1983.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID4c8244c65e144c7696f84be6fd05788d"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Facility
consolidation planning</header>
<paragraph id="ID9f4ea36f548c4e8e96948462ebc1562a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>After providing for public notice and comment, the
Secretary shall prepare and periodically update a plan to govern, guide, and
direct the siting and construction of facilities for the exploration,
development, production, and transportation of oil and gas resources from the
Coastal Plain.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3c6e56eebe0c4afebc2e67fdde4e4bd7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>The
objectives of the plan shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID622dd8991d8a4a9cae7a98f22264a735"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the avoidance of
unnecessary duplication of facilities and activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID134cd9af26e448229787ce393e2c3900"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the encouragement
of consolidation of common facilities and activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDabde34cacd9d4989966db5c17b9721c4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the location or
confinement of facilities and activities to areas that will minimize impact on
fish and wildlife, fish and wildlife habitat, subsistence resources, and the
environment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7a79e9f08a3e43d7bd926687c3eceafc"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the use of
existing facilities, to the maximum extent practicable; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb5f2af0eab2d4a75832aa4ca49bc7680"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the enhancement
of compatibility between wildlife values and development activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDad933e1fbdcd4744868fc25761e6ee9c"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Access to
public land</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDe691d89c04c14d7a933450bcc88646c5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>manage public
land in the Coastal Plain in accordance with subsections (a) and (b) of section
811 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3121);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID24114d61ed5e4b73bb7ca40db4e7bf28"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that local
residents shall have reasonable access to public land in the Coastal Plain for
traditional uses.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDabe49cb9c91543bb8c1613eed64ffe1d"><enum>117.</enum><header>Expedited
judicial review</header>
<subsection id="IDaac165196dcc47c08172e94ee8f7f17c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Filing of
complaints</header>
<paragraph id="IDf0f0cdb441cb4270b63bf136dc0ae58d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>A
complaint seeking judicial review of a provision of this subtitle or an action
of the Secretary under this subtitle shall be filed—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDcd58dddc953b4e50b1ad9eda0a1a5a2b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>except as
provided in subparagraph (B), during the 90-day period beginning on the date on
which the action being challenged was carried out; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb9895e217e5e42218efc94dbc12402bd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of a
complaint based solely on grounds arising after the 90-day period described in
subparagraph (A), during the 90-day period beginning on the date on which the
complainant knew or reasonably should have known about the grounds for the
complaint.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5309f73742c6485bbace4f043028dd9f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Venue</header><text>A
complaint seeking judicial review of a provision of this subtitle or an action
of the Secretary under this subtitle shall be filed in the United States Court
of Appeals for the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2a947954207a4f9e92c9130123d648fe"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Scope</header>
<subparagraph id="id49233FFDEC724D4F950F17B884C8051E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Judicial review of a decision of the Secretary under this
subtitle (including an environmental analysis of such a lease sale) shall
be—</text>
<clause id="idE3ACD539AD864F6B9E241D607C94092E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>limited to a
review of whether the decision is in accordance with this subtitle; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idBD7ECACEB4EB48BCAD13693527C6A765"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>based on the
administrative record of the decision.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF4D50F3FD46D408B8FCDDF4E01F61348"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Presumptions</header><text>Any
identification by the Secretary of a preferred course of action relating to a
lease sale, and any analysis by the Secretary of environmental effects, under
this subtitle shall be presumed to be correct unless proven otherwise by clear
and convincing evidence.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID851c400e078e419594e73580633d0559"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on
other review</header><text>Any action of the Secretary that is subject to
judicial review under this section shall not be subject to judicial review in
any civil or criminal proceeding for enforcement.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDfb526f6f4f9845e1bc3339dea8f4b46b"><enum>118.</enum><header>Rights-of-way
and easements across Coastal Plain</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of section 1102(4)(A) of the
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3162(4)(A)), any
rights-of-way or easements across the Coastal Plain for the exploration,
development, production, or transportation of oil and gas shall be considered
to be established incident to the management of the Coastal Plain under this
section.</text>
</section><section id="ID39c37018eb834d63b4a3222d0df30589"><enum>119.</enum><header>Conveyance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 1302(h)(2) of the
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3192(h)(2)), to
remove any cloud on title to land, and to clarify land ownership patterns in
the Coastal Plain, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID8b13eca8b9e4414c89ad2830a1bace2f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to the extent
necessary to fulfill the entitlement of the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation under
sections 12 and 14 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1611,
1613), as determined by the Secretary, convey to that Corporation the surface
estate of the land described in paragraph (1) of Public Land Order 6959, in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreement between the
Secretary, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land
Management, and the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation, dated January 22, 1993;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf5a9b0ad60314024b710654412ee8daf"><enum>(2)</enum><text>convey to the
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation the remaining subsurface estate to which that
Corporation is entitled under the agreement between that corporation and the
United States, dated August 9, 1983.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID0708914299e840138477871c48961f45"><enum>120.</enum><header>Local
government impact aid and community service assistance</header>
<subsection id="IDb5ae7673346c4fdf89bc087fc2687809"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment
of Fund</header>
<paragraph id="ID78c71b619ab941bf8412b1c2abee73c8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>As a condition on the receipt of funds under section
122(2), the State of Alaska shall establish in the treasury of the State, and
administer in accordance with this section, a fund to be known as the
<quote>Coastal Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund</quote>
(referred to in this section as the <term>Fund</term>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa55cc278bd2f4570ba8c8a80b613614c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deposits</header><text>Subject
to paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit into the Fund,
$35,000,000 each year from the amount available under section 122(2)(A).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3c48b4801e1641038a98df2f2d6ca6af"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Investment</header><text>The
Governor of the State of Alaska (referred to in this section as the
<term>Governor</term>) shall invest amounts in the Fund in interest-bearing
securities of the United States or the State of Alaska.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID8250c2d120f54c7aad76f77cfe30693e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text>The
Governor, in cooperation with the Mayor of the North Slope Borough, shall use
amounts in the Fund to provide assistance to North Slope Borough, Alaska, the
City of Kaktovik, Alaska, and any other borough, municipal subdivision,
village, or other community in the State of Alaska that is directly impacted by
exploration for, or the production of, oil or gas on the Coastal Plain under
this subtitle, or any Alaska Native Regional Corporation acting on behalf of
the villages and communities within its region whose lands lie along the right
of way of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System, as determined by the
Governor.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id714959CF63CE41F1AB9F8951AE626D42"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="idE4F33BCE2A3B4508822648DD229869C5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>To receive assistance under subsection (b), a community
or Regional Corporation described in that subsection shall submit to the
Governor, or to the Mayor of the North Slope Borough, an application in such
time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Governor may
require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id21AAF14F51AD479C81465720A307CFE2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Action by North
Slope Borough</header><text>The Mayor of the North Slope Borough shall submit
to the Governor each application received under paragraph (1) as soon as
practicable after the date on which the application is received.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3233394518B04016B30167C2CCE903EF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assistance of
Governor</header><text>The Governor shall assist communities in submitting
applications under this subsection, to the maximum extent practicable.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd5d9b4faa2c34a65800a0aebb1d94a84"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>A community or Regional Corporation that receives funds
under subsection (b) may use the funds—</text>
<paragraph id="ID89278db248c24e079ae803e4a9a6bb55"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to plan for
mitigation, implement a mitigation plan, or maintain a mitigation project to
address the potential effects of oil and gas exploration and development on
environmental, social, cultural, recreational, and subsistence resources of the
community;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDce9e3e927b9442368ba3bc167980faa9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to develop, carry
out, and maintain—</text>
<subparagraph id="id697424A38FEE4F0EA60ACF62B20A958F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a project to
provide new or expanded public facilities; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2AF269E8E89B40F597AFC7F59EC31895"><enum>(B)</enum><text>services to
address the needs and problems associated with the effects described in
paragraph (1), including firefighting, police, water and waste treatment, first
responder, and other medical services;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID04db7284c0a3423fa81d0fd2d2da855f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to compensate
residents of the Coastal Plain for significant damage to environmental, social,
cultural, recreational, or subsistence resources; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa3c1ce8e68c0433e989655180b0df2ab"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the City of
Kaktovik, Alaska—</text>
<subparagraph id="id40C19865CE1F4E02B34C700110BAD779"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to develop a
mechanism for providing members of the Kaktovikmiut Inupiat community an
opportunity to—</text>
<clause id="id696655290CFA42E6818492B257480219"><enum>(i)</enum><text>monitor
development on the Coastal Plain; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id3EAC63B52ADD406782FC1EAE8A53038A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide
information and recommendations to the Governor based on traditional aboriginal
knowledge of the natural resources, flora, fauna, and ecological processes of
the Coastal Plain; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbfe908ab4eaa40cf93f764dda7c00bd0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to establish a
local coordination office, to be managed by the Mayor of the North Slope
Borough, in coordination with the City of Kaktovik, Alaska—</text>
<clause id="IDa97f19d1e1db46028106391eb65ae35b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to
coordinate with and advise developers on local conditions and the history of
areas affected by development;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe90b9505ec244988bcdf1b69a228cbb6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to
provide to the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate annual reports on the
status of the coordination between developers and communities affected by
development;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd6496ad441984f138e1fef8f006b1ec2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to collect from
residents of the Coastal Plain information regarding the impacts of development
on fish, wildlife, habitats, subsistence resources, and the environment of the
Coastal Plain; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id9D97F95183F146BA871E8E18FBF4AEC7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to
ensure that the information collected under clause (iii) is submitted
to—</text>
<subclause id="idFFF544C94FE446ADBA7EBE510EADB0A1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>developers;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4B65E8C9A814133A164902191EE9268"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any appropriate
Federal agency.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID532dbae7f3a448a283f8206f780402dc"><enum>121.</enum><header>Prohibition on
exports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">An oil or gas lease
issued under this subtitle shall prohibit the exportation of oil or gas
produced under the lease.</text>
</section><section id="IDf5b7cf02348b4ef9863860090d7030ad"><enum>122.</enum><header>Allocation of
revenues</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding the
<act-name parsable-cite="MLA">Mineral Leasing Act</act-name> (30 U.S.C. 181 et
seq.) or any other provision of law, of the adjusted bonus, rental, and royalty
receipts from Federal oil and gas leasing and operations authorized under this
subtitle:</text>
<paragraph id="id3B99FC1C32B5463BB88ABDC1C48C557A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">50 percent shall be deposited in the
general fund of the Treasury.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe0b4035073ea4e1386f759b807176313"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The remainder
shall be available as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="id626A9A66DE9A4602A63914A8E067B442"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$35,000,000 shall
be deposited by the Secretary of the Treasury into the fund created under
section 120(a)(1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21AFEC4CD6D5411CBC65C01B7AED5513"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The remainder
shall be disbursed to the State of Alaska.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idC943DE5F872E447581E0A036FA6C93DA"><enum>C</enum><header>Permitting</header>
<section id="idCE721119937D47CFA8C349B0187F6A9A"><enum>131.</enum><header>Refinery
permitting process</header>
<subsection id="ID2d7f4c8bb7e34f7c9095a0e6d3f5c4c1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="ID932ba679be0e451daf2c8ee38c2f927c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administrator</header><text>The
term <term>Administrator</term> means the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID198915a8ea3b47cda230f9441595e90c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Indian
tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian tribe</term> has the meaning given
the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance
Act (25 U.S.C. 450b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5a6b87b7097244238556a45e4e0ee48f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Permit</header><text>The
term <term>permit</term> means any permit, license, approval, variance, or
other form of authorization that a refiner is required to obtain—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID422ba6bfe4e044d3afb1efb3e2e38318"><enum>(A)</enum><text>under any Federal
law; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID047bc6bd0d674fd5a4bbe822aec136b9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>from a State or
Indian tribal government agency delegated authority by the Federal Government,
or authorized under Federal law, to issue permits.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6a4fb8971dff432f85e48b3a78bc4147"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Refiner</header><text>The
term <term>refiner</term> means a person that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID90c93ac3c5ba45c3bd309ee271bd4a0f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>owns or operates
a refinery; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0ded2afaa8e24c4a95049a4aed7c5329"><enum>(B)</enum><text>seeks to become
an owner or operator of a refinery.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDad67c0396733441f9af4d5e6dfbf85e2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Refinery</header>
<subparagraph id="ID7a6a156d3d1b4b6fa4f11d59f52bd69c"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>refinery</term> means—</text>
<clause id="ID48e611cb3dc44625aea4d69d48d7ebd7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
facility at which crude oil is refined into transportation fuel or other
petroleum products; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4a8c89875c7641cda6ae8c3fab030d6a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
coal liquification or coal-to-liquid facility at which coal is processed into
synthetic crude oil or any other fuel.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbe0dd41979e34ee6ad04e1c1b02483e4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The
term <term>refinery</term> includes an expansion of a refinery.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa036e33c6666420a91da2b8c1c9de8e3"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Refinery
expansion</header><text>The term <term>refinery expansion</term> means a
physical change in a refinery that results in an increase in the capacity of
the refinery.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4dd107488d924a0ca70753eab834da25"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Refinery
permitting agreement</header><text>The term <term>refinery permitting
agreement</term> means an agreement entered into between the Administrator and
a State or Indian tribe under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1dc5cf22fbce4d41bf7b25ad14c96e8f"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Commerce.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID01a322a24c8b4afb89cb57ccbb4c3bc7"><enum>(9)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID48f967f945444db98017b4b1f1e819ba"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa88a0a9fcc7742b6aefaf9cb9de7df43"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the District of
Columbia;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7fbe6a60bb9b4180952c9da57ca627d2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID04d372aeb5144ed6a522e8e0b671f063"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any other
territory or possession of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd1b08e50f7a2408198d40ab5d4e498d4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Streamlining of
refinery permitting process</header>
<paragraph id="ID4aea10b8567449038bf9cd2a2ce0a99e"><enum>(1)</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
refinery permitting agreement with the State or Indian tribe under which the
process for obtaining all permits necessary for the construction and operation
of a refinery shall be streamlined using a systematic interdisciplinary
multimedia approach as provided in this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd0f36dd919014c319e49cdf2bfdc6636"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authority of
Administrator</header><text>Under a refinery permitting agreement—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDb75b01424dd84e0eb386b99fc0dffb9d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Administrator
shall have authority, as applicable and necessary, to—</text>
<clause id="IDf81e1cd421294612a0a969b74534beb2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>accept from a
refiner a consolidated application for all permits that the refiner is required
to obtain to construct and operate a refinery;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID685ec046c8f24cb09208b1a115f9e67d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
consultation and cooperation with each Federal, State, or Indian tribal
government agency that is required to make any determination to authorize the
issuance of a permit, establish a schedule under which each agency
shall—</text>
<subclause id="IDf5b5e1860aa9470b91d1cfec21855fb9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>concurrently
consider, to the maximum extent practicable, each determination to be made;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDe68a1f45b5144f1ab1973811a50f074e"><enum>(II)</enum><text>complete each
step in the permitting process; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID25f5b324218f4b7b9e232f23708d304a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>issue a
consolidated permit that combines all permits issued under the schedule
established under clause (ii); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc251e7c010084b8d95eb28e001c2db20"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Administrator
shall provide to State and Indian tribal government agencies—</text>
<clause id="IDd85437d911be4fb795ac10329ba71eea"><enum>(i)</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 subparagraph (A)(ii);
and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe1e915cfcee54a928bf85baa57bf84c0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>technical,
legal, and other assistance in complying with the refinery permitting
agreement.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDeeed00f3991540e59df5603358edc7cd"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Agreement by
the State</header><text>Under a refinery permitting agreement, a State or
governing body of an Indian tribe shall agree that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID83da773310414e36bebeca44a5c07973"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Administrator
shall have each of the authorities described in paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDabea55733d9a4b9092ea52c81bebf64f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>each State or
Indian tribal government agency shall—</text>
<clause id="ID522b06599f0f40e596a030c83d9ef91f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
accordance with State law, 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>
</clause><clause id="ID4dcc61addd08452abd58a077f401f23a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>comply, to the
maximum extent practicable, with the applicable schedule established under
paragraph (2)(A)(ii).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID12af33901dfd419aa7efc52cfbc226ff"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Deadlines</header>
<subparagraph id="IDa77ac710b20c4a408b26d99d1292d97c"><enum>(A)</enum><header>New
refineries</header><text>In the case of a consolidated permit for the
construction of a new refinery, the Administrator and the State or governing
body of an Indian tribe shall approve or disapprove the consolidated permit not
later than—</text>
<clause id="ID2472bbac5937444caef1772b62294f0c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>360
days after the date of the receipt of the administratively complete application
for the consolidated permit; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID78acaa19614a411cb837b5f5cc42600c"><enum>(ii)</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 clause (i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa002b99209a14caeb0ea36f83af0abd9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Expansion of
existing refineries</header><text>In the case of a consolidated permit for the
expansion of an existing refinery, the Administrator and the State or governing
body of an Indian tribe shall approve or disapprove the consolidated permit not
later than—</text>
<clause id="ID03d602325b4149849a21333adabbc603"><enum>(i)</enum><text>120
days after the date of the receipt of the administratively complete application
for the consolidated permit; or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa3ef8624253d4598b8c147e579a54b21"><enum>(ii)</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 clause (i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDdea46a01bbba4de1971485049ebe08db"><enum>(5)</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 paragraph (2)(A)(ii).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa69e9513854442938e8a487618b39e9f"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Judicial
review</header><text>Any civil action for review of any permit determination
under a refinery permitting agreement shall be brought exclusively in the
United States district court for the district in which the refinery is located
or proposed to be located.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7a98e4af4e5745c087b9a96516ac62db"><enum>(7)</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 title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3a42f7df4e3a4f5e838f00950b9cbbec"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Severability</header><text>If
1 or more permits that are required for the construction or operation of a
refinery are not approved on or before any deadline established under paragraph
(4), the Administrator may issue a consolidated permit that combines all other
permits that the refiner is required to obtain other than any permits that are
not approved.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID379d6cd9f3654588b6a28141714cf90b"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Savings</header><text>Nothing
in this subsection affects the operation or implementation of otherwise
applicable law regarding permits necessary for the construction and operation
of a refinery.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8ef957648bbf4f6399130d0bc13bd153"><enum>(10)</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 subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDcdff144b59bf460aaf8d50b0bd6d342d"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as are necessary to carry out this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4570adc1e18b4895945fbaf675e9b98a"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Effect on
local authority</header><text>Nothing in this subsection affects—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDee9a1031d44b48a6802dc1cb0c372c9e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the authority of
a local government with respect to the issuance of permits; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1342ba67c5aa48fe804ed58f496f2e90"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any requirement
or ordinance of a local government (such as a zoning regulation).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc5032ab4edca4d498f78b4501da8cd03"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fischer-Tropsch
fuels</header>
<paragraph id="ID13f02966c1594809b389f8c877902695"><enum>(1)</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>
<subparagraph id="ID7253ff8f27e14fc38ec6d34a6bc82ea2"><enum>(A)</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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID23f32e96248343278d810af857058657"><enum>(B)</enum><text>evaluate the use
of ultra-clean Fischer-Tropsch transportation fuel as a mechanism for reducing
engine exhaust emissions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0ac2078aa4674d13b27b6e7020d38e11"><enum>(C)</enum><text>submit
recommendations to Congress on the most effective use and associated benefits
of these ultra-clean fuel for reducing public exposure to exhaust
emissions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDdfb326445f504a1a9af75be72bf1d982"><enum>(2)</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>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID978da5db5ae84cfcaa02939858a07d21"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
program described in paragraph (1) shall consider—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID197dab5eadb7475fa439e7920bd4272a"><enum>(A)</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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9e49868cfefd4be090588ad832770aa9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the production
costs associated with domestic production of those ultra clean fuel and prices
for consumers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4f1b9c0744584532bdb5654853ef53f4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>The
Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works and
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee
on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDe61d9188b1d94857b5c8a22f1b04221b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than 1
year, an interim report on actions taken to carry out this subsection;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID857f13b2c84f447dba92fd239c52033d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not later than 2
years, a final report on actions taken to carry out this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD30C8A289C44D84AF4D8AA728E1DB9A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>132.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Removal of additional fee for new
applications for permits to drill</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The second undesignated paragraph of the
matter under the heading <quote><header-in-text level="appropriations-small" style="traditional">management of lands and resources</header-in-text></quote>
under the heading <quote><header-in-text level="appropriations-intermediate" style="traditional">Bureau of Land Management</header-in-text></quote> of title
I of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2098) is amended by
striking <quote>to be reduced</quote> and all that follows through <quote>each
new application,</quote>.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="id188C4A7BABA04F029BF935DCCA842F36"><enum>D</enum><header>Strategic
Petroleum Reserve</header>
<section id="idD46564D6597B444FA9033FB94CBD6491" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>141.</enum><header>Suspension of
petroleum acquisition for Strategic Petroleum Reserve</header>
<subsection id="IDf6b5315e5380494d9ef666162ce44de3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b) and notwithstanding
any other provision of law, during the 180-day period beginning on the date of
enactment of this Act—</text>
<paragraph id="ID599558c55e0d45deb0e7322e674bdd37"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary of
the Interior shall suspend acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve through the royalty-in-kind program; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8b79a985d5d747a3b822aed79f8fc852"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Energy shall suspend acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve through any other acquisition method.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2457cc0f680d43b58bf137977502f5ce"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Resumption</header><text>Effective
beginning on the day after the end of the period described in subsection
(a)—</text>
<paragraph id="ID7aa2a1acdcc340cc8b538830da3fc4d2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary of
the Interior may resume acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve through the royalty-in-kind program; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe38d846e498b45579facce32417508f3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Energy may resume acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
through any other acquisition method.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idA8454C6C0D1E4764A47E757756EC0727"><enum>E</enum><header>Restoration of
State revenue</header>
<section id="id675CC1F0EDCF47D7951470D022221DAD"><enum>151.</enum><header>Restoration of
State revenue</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The matter under
the heading <quote><header-in-text level="appropriations-small" style="traditional">administrative provisions</header-in-text></quote> under
the heading <quote><header-in-text level="appropriations-intermediate" style="traditional">Minerals Management Service</header-in-text></quote> of
title I of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2109) is amended by
striking <quote>Notwithstanding</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>Treasury.</quote>.</text>
</section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Alternative
resources</header>
<subtitle id="id37315687D8154871ADE23D43B98D723C"><enum>A</enum><header>Renewable fuel
and advanced energy technology</header>
<section id="idE61EA8E913F141A594C29C973AAC5E8C"><enum>201.</enum><header>Definition of
renewable biomass</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)) is amended by striking
subparagraph (I) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D82357FA1524C999E6FCE9BAB593341" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idF77D5899E0A843348D3B1265BAE61736"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Renewable
biomass</header><text>The term <term>renewable biomass</term> means—</text>
<clause id="ID0799c926935145f68b2df76a04be35fb"><enum>(i)</enum><text>nonmerchantable
materials or precommercial thinnings that—</text>
<subclause id="ID7047d14945a6458c855a1647b2cd6bc4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>are byproducts of
preventive treatments, such as trees, wood, brush, thinnings, chips, and slash,
that are removed—</text>
<item id="IDb859d713ea774e23bb3d0ae0eb1fc153"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>to
reduce hazardous fuels;</text>
</item><item id="IDd2a8ca53467f4405a342793a1ce69349"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>to
reduce or contain disease or insect infestation; or</text>
</item><item id="ID3a62cf50c3ef4e62993a5a0770c7b4e0"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>to
restore forest health;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="IDbaf2950bd17e48e499b3d42cba306bdb"><enum>(II)</enum><text>would not
otherwise be used for higher-value products; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID3966eb5fbaa64ac5a5b452e6b78de9c3"><enum>(III)</enum><text>are harvested
from National Forest System land or public land (as defined in section 103 of
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702))—</text>
<item id="IDc9c2dc641ba04acd9b14550eb1304f32"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>where permitted
by law; and</text>
</item><item id="ID49d67745b5404ddaa15099326f06ad21"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in
accordance with applicable land management plans and the requirements for
old-growth maintenance, restoration, and management direction of paragraphs
(2), (3), and (4) of subsection (e) and the requirements for large-tree
retention of subsection (f) of section 102 of the Healthy Forests Restoration
Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6512); or</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="ID1e761e79d69e496282e03cbe72726fa4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any organic
matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis from non-Federal
land or from land belonging to an Indian tribe, or an Indian individual, that
is held in trust by the United States or subject to a restriction against
alienation imposed by the United States, including—</text>
<subclause id="ID9c55ef472f74480481ff6c000f83eccf"><enum>(I)</enum><text>renewable plant
material, including—</text>
<item id="IDbb3f43e258bf49f4931eee39e70f04f1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>feed
grains;</text>
</item><item id="ID669befe8537b43d682de1e8a4028050d"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>other
agricultural commodities;</text>
</item><item id="IDd128aee36c8c48d4bc998d5f3a3af86f"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>other plants and
trees; and</text>
</item><item id="ID1e3d41f7354347a6a1c5db371b844c28"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>algae;
and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="ID8fe6a0b5fbb94a168c3e819d7dc85b23"><enum>(II)</enum><text>waste material,
including—</text>
<item id="IDcda5871b87884b1fb8c4f54bf1354e84"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>crop
residue;</text>
</item><item id="IDe1e8b91c8c114032a2945e13ed6211b0"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>other vegetative
waste material (including wood waste and wood residues);</text>
</item><item id="ID3e0a1796c9704f8ea83812106938d045"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>animal waste and
byproducts (including fats, oils, greases, and manure); and</text>
</item><item id="IDce4389613e1f42ba9184bf4661625475"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>food waste and
yard
waste.</text>
</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="IDb530d6927d6944d79d61a3bd42501606"><enum>202.</enum><header>Advanced
battery manufacturing incentive program</header>
<subsection id="IDd05a9cecb48145e980ce2155a2d0f592"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="IDea6b61aeba384dedb9304ee330246464"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Advanced
battery</header><text>The term <term>advanced battery</term> means an
electrical storage device suitable for vehicle applications.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID704b2be7f40040a7becd5d083a501132"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Engineering
integration costs</header><text>The term <term>engineering integration
costs</term> includes the cost of engineering tasks relating to—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDd5ade1e7cb7c451aafb5d1ec97d2151a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>incorporation of
qualifying components into the design of advanced batteries; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd9d41a69b06642099ebfcd29dffdf7d3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>design of tooling
and equipment and developing manufacturing processes and material suppliers for
production facilities that produce qualifying components or advanced
batteries.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID67dde41971634fb9ac4627e38b824215"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Advanced
battery manufacturing facility</header><text>The Secretary shall provide
facility funding awards under this section to advanced battery manufacturers to
pay not more than 30 percent of the cost of reequipping, expanding, or
establishing a manufacturing facility in the United States to produce advanced
batteries.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDb1abbd50a1824cd9900d7ddc9e205ac8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Period of
availability</header><text>An award under subsection (b) shall apply to—</text>
<paragraph id="IDdf4cb4b4f94a4cd8a285c3a6189d2296"><enum>(1)</enum><text>facilities and
equipment placed in service before December 30, 2020; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID464bdf7351ef471290de73ba20f6b0cb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>engineering
integration costs incurred during the period beginning on the date of enactment
of this Act and ending on December 30, 2020.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDcadcf651cf704378b91554fab774e10c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Direct loan
program</header>
<paragraph id="ID0e2a10efef2a43e08f111d02a947a987"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act, and subject to the availability of appropriated funds, the Secretary shall
carry out a program to provide a total of not more than $25,000,000 in loans to
eligible individuals and entities (as determined by the Secretary) for the
costs of activities described in subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd054e0d850f74a04bef2a46b07c82d52"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection of
eligible projects</header><text>The Secretary shall select eligible projects to
receive loans under this subsection in cases in which, as determined by the
Secretary, the award recipient—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2e9cb6402d3848eaa65abc9c53accd17"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is financially
viable without the receipt of additional Federal funding associated with the
proposed project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDdfe926b8d5304b9db9ae0692f9b22ed8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will provide
sufficient information to the Secretary for the Secretary to ensure that the
qualified investment is expended efficiently and effectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf659d104a752401f90b38a7b1f6d1010"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has met such
other criteria as may be established and published by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID99c008cbae28484eb40f3f9d6bebd61e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rates, terms,
and repayment of loans</header><text>A loan provided under this
subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDf0b0963eb2434732843b6e88706bce5d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall have an
interest rate that, as of the date on which the loan is made, is equal to the
cost of funds to the Department of the Treasury for obligations of comparable
maturity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc527c622db754993a583797e4a0210a2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall have a term
equal to the lesser of—</text>
<clause id="IDe970070b69c94cb0a11351e12bf66c10"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
projected life, in years, of the eligible project to be carried out using funds
from the loan, as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3b28d488341e4986982fe25fbf3f5e0b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>25
years;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID376a3e74d0944f3b947bd1342eff2b76"><enum>(C)</enum><text>may be subject to
a deferral in repayment for not more than 5 years after the date on which the
eligible project carried out using funds from the loan first begins operations,
as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID97152f128bec455488b51f49fe033b6f"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall be made by
the Federal Financing Bank.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc21518b6a53b46f8b09dcc2840f2a683"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Fees</header><text>The
cost of administering a loan made under this section shall not exceed
$100,000.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID4f41cb8afc614f9b96fa885cf8b0a117"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Set aside for
small manufacturers</header>
<paragraph id="ID7d8893acb7fb4484902955c952e8f08d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of
covered firm</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>covered
firm</term> means a firm that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3e3692a542d3414a9a1cdc213c8e5a9f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>employs fewer
than 500 individuals; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5a764992b5a643f6b226c3ee2c35d398"><enum>(B)</enum><text>manufactures
automobiles or components of automobiles.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9220efe660c845b0a904ad65306304b5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Set
aside</header><text>Of the amount of funds used to provide awards for each
fiscal year under subsection (b), the Secretary shall use not less than 10
percent to provide awards to covered firms or consortia led by a covered
firm.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID364e35a7dd5e446ebf39d0b55ef24336"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as are necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2009
through 2013.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idB0478E8C66644CAA8B26C7D4490E605E"><enum>203.</enum><header>Biofuels
infrastructure and additives research and development</header>
<subsection id="idB0AA82CA52A94057A0CCFC5321C571CA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Assistant
Administrator of the Office of Research and Development of the Environmental
Protection Agency (referred to in this section as the <term>Assistant
Administrator</term>), in consultation with the Secretary and the National
Institute of Standards and Technology, shall carry out a program of research
and development of materials to be added to biofuels to make the biofuels more
compatible with infrastructure used to store and deliver petroleum-based fuels
to the point of final sale.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id448BE2B901DD4FD0ACACE166127129F3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the program described in
subsection (a), the Assistant Administrator shall address—</text>
<paragraph id="ID459592c66c1847adbc86457c39270a5e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>materials to
prevent or mitigate—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDeb3f3fad4ce34161871df12012a7a570"><enum>(A)</enum><text>corrosion of
metal, plastic, rubber, cork, fiberglass, glues, or any other material used in
pipes and storage tanks;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcfc6007862bc41f4a4c1b393cd05b698"><enum>(B)</enum><text>dissolving of
storage tank sediments;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa30c54dc58d8462f95f86bd7c38e477e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>clogging of
filters;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID415a57dae43e483299eaee548797e625"><enum>(D)</enum><text>contamination
from water or other adulterants or pollutants;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID77aff024ba7f4e6891ba650ea3e00168"><enum>(E)</enum><text>poor flow
properties relating to low temperatures;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID97acff1ee26548d2b95abf71ae01edb5"><enum>(F)</enum><text>oxidative and
thermal instability in long-term storage and use; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcd6f4e525ab646899e5f9449d5f1dcd6"><enum>(G)</enum><text>microbial
contamination;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDe0d4259ad15b429ca823aead949fac88"><enum>(2)</enum><text>problems
associated with electrical conductivity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf6a7260dde184beca0dc5b1707c0c289"><enum>(3)</enum><text>alternatives to
conventional methods for refurbishment and cleaning of gasoline and diesel
tanks, including tank lining applications;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5709d046ee0d40a8ab1b122cc2cff162"><enum>(4)</enum><text>strategies to
minimize emissions from infrastructure;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd50db81a00874705a243c13d1e54d0c5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>issues with
respect to certification by a nationally recognized testing laboratory of
components for fuel-dispensing devises that specifically reference
compatibility with alcohol-blended fuels and other biofuels that contain
greater than 15 percent alcohol;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdac4db9257454d3b832aec7e008363a2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>challenges for
design, reforming, storage, handling, and dispensing hydrogen fuel from various
feedstocks, including biomass, from neighborhood fueling stations, including
codes and standards development necessary beyond that carried out under section
809 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16158);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb4fd72d17ee54f7b9798d107917f8069"><enum>(7)</enum><text>issues with
respect to at which point in the fuel supply chain additives optimally should
be added to fuels; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1106c59da14047ff81147d9d7c5be985"><enum>(8)</enum><text>other problems,
as identified by the Assistant Administrator, in consultation with the
Secretary and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID5f636c7aa3df461dbd5fa54aed97db3e"><enum>204.</enum><header>Study of
increased consumption of ethanol-blended gasoline with higher levels of
ethanol</header>
<subsection id="ID1b02e0c7f5a044bb91d5f74986370c71"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the
Secretary of Transportation, and after providing notice and an opportunity for
public comment, shall conduct a study of the feasibility of increasing
consumption in the United States of ethanol-blended gasoline with levels of
ethanol that are not less than 10 percent and not more than 40 percent.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDe78030578842425f9becb3b940f2dada"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The
study under subsection (a) shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="ID9d34ba1187364f77bf1f98faba7fd40a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a review of
production and infrastructure constraints on increasing consumption of
ethanol;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID099a1dac2f02475e8f040ecc7f2bf715"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an evaluation of
the economic, market, and energy-related impacts of State and regional
differences in ethanol blends;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd7692776e95e447db124e0a3135f72af"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an evaluation of
the economic, market, and energy-related impacts on gasoline retailers and
consumers of separate and distinctly labeled fuel storage facilities and
dispensers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3ed7e1918686459d9f552767b13c618b"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an evaluation of
the environmental impacts of mid-level ethanol blends on evaporative and
exhaust emissions from on-road, off-road, and marine engines, recreational
boats, vehicles, and equipment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf78f782d148b498eb272b276c427a0ba"><enum>(5)</enum><text>an evaluation of
the impacts of mid-level ethanol blends on the operation, durability, and
performance of on-road, off-road, and marine engines, recreational boats,
vehicles, and equipment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID40bf6ba372d6426a8e8025293c080a5b"><enum>(6)</enum><text>an evaluation of
the safety impacts of mid-level ethanol blends on consumers that own and
operate off-road and marine engines, recreational boats, vehicles, or
equipment; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID88a19d144c154d948abe0edfff27f787"><enum>(7)</enum><text>an evaluation of
the impacts of increased use of renewable fuels derived from food crops on the
price and supply of agricultural commodities in both domestic and global
markets.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe4de3f4a805d4d9ca2371bde0f2f908c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
submit to Congress a report describing the results of the study conducted under
this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDe18bdf7d3dfd4f56919fe2cd789dc588"><enum>205.</enum><header>Study of
diesel vehicle attributes</header>
<subsection id="ID0146e80ac43841a8afd0fcfcb17e779e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Transportation, shall
conduct a study to identify—</text>
<paragraph id="ID59e14cb710344f18a8ae2d93f0b03ce1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the environmental
and efficiency attributes of diesel-fueled vehicles as the vehicles compare to
comparable gasoline fueled, E–85 fueled, and hybrid vehicles;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4bd5fde2666e44d1acade62dc82fcbeb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the technical,
economic, regulatory, environmental, and other obstacles to increasing the
usage of diesel-fueled vehicles;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa3b2089632f34ea1ba297a134a6e5ea2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the legislative,
administrative, and other actions that could reduce or eliminate the obstacles
identified under paragraph (2); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfca2e162d2aa4ba19e399f819368565c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the costs and
benefits associated with reducing or eliminating the obstacles identified under
paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDef44bf9caa8d4389bee1db297e2ef252"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report
describing the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID1dd3a30b06ea43d096b51a6c2ed3e58c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as are necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idE02BB08435FE4E828DD4D13E0A9DFFDD"><enum>B</enum><header>Clean
coal-derived fuels for energy security</header>
<section id="idF35B723F992C44B292781A8EADF0C68A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>211.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be
cited as the <quote>Clean Coal-Derived Fuels for Energy Security Act of
2008</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id233CE3238A21433B819CDFEB1E297C6D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>212.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4C37E5E6CA649EAB679E187C0608DE6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Clean
coal-derived fuel</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0197BCC62314358AD54BF3AAAA8D01A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>clean coal-derived fuel</term> means
aviation fuel, motor vehicle fuel, home heating oil, or boiler fuel that
is—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB6A6BC2DF4743CFB61C1EED9F9E9A24"><enum>(i)</enum><text>substantially
derived from the coal resources of the United States; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25C18DF3617A404C823BBCD8AF745CFD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>refined or
otherwise processed at a facility located in the United States that captures up
to 100 percent of the carbon dioxide emissions that would otherwise be released
at the facility.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDDBC366CC8FB4EC798E74D20FD4E7227"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The
term <term>clean coal-derived fuel</term> may include any other resource that
is extracted, grown, produced, or recovered in the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5E5985E2CCD9490A9E9B1D4250BD2F60"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered
fuel</header><text>The term <term>covered fuel</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="id12E12A70B23E44DC9CB8E9230332F95E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>aviation
fuel;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDF73A6E53B804AF39C315C557BB25A54"><enum>(B)</enum><text>motor vehicle
fuel;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id440DF3B447EE4E61AAF0ACF350429F22"><enum>(C)</enum><text>home heating oil;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6E4281004616451BA98084095E74A738"><enum>(D)</enum><text>boiler
fuel.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4EBF7FC6736B46A389182DC0EBB433FB"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Small
refinery</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>small
refinery</term> means a refinery for which the average aggregate daily crude
oil throughput for a calendar year (as determined by dividing the aggregate
throughput for the calendar year by the number of days in the calendar year)
does not exceed 75,000 barrels.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6295B1009051462FABF11C4E5DED52B5"><enum>213.</enum><header>Clean
coal-derived fuel program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFFA7CCF02E104C919B984F9CC550709E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program</header>
<paragraph id="ID3C8C2D80A5C641F79C6EA15847597190"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act, the President shall promulgate regulations to ensure that covered fuel
sold or introduced into commerce in the United States (except in noncontiguous
States or territories), on an annual average basis, contains the applicable
volume of clean coal-derived fuel determined in accordance with paragraph
(4).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDFD8EA7129091437D9B5C489AC4BDCD6C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Provisions of
regulations</header><text>Regardless of the date of promulgation, the
regulations promulgated under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDd250801e73154e35a5d6bbbc03305246"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall contain
compliance provisions applicable to refineries, blenders, distributors, and
importers, as appropriate, to ensure that—</text>
<clause id="IDe601b9ef3fcd4cb8a183aa36738eb6ad"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
requirements of this subsection are met; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5c4912af51574a5fb36a7cc8e1e03346"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>clean
coal-derived fuels produced from facilities for the purpose of compliance with
this subtitle result in life cycle greenhouse gas emissions that are not
greater than gasoline; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9274F1BF3B664C15A21B0FD8836403C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not—</text>
<clause id="ID217D11F1A81F4FFC997BEEFCAE703060"><enum>(i)</enum><text>restrict
geographic areas in the contiguous United States in which clean coal-derived
fuel may be used; or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDA7F45E7DDA584075A5C764DA77E4D871"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>impose any
per-gallon obligation for the use of clean coal-derived fuel.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id13AE8BD6160D4F89A4A02C0F62FDBF24"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Relationship to
other regulations</header><text>Regulations promulgated under this paragraph
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, incorporate the program structure,
compliance and reporting requirements established under the final regulations
promulgated to implement the renewable fuel program established by the
amendment made by section 1501(a)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public
Law 109–58; 119 Stat. 1067).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE854E79144114F8F9CA44464BE2BFCBB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Applicable
volume</header>
<subparagraph id="id98082960EE1A439DB1080F5C1017CC9D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Calendar years
2015 through 2022</header><text>For the purpose of this subsection, the
applicable volume for any of calendar years 2015 through 2022 shall be
determined in accordance with the following table:</text>
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<tgroup cols="2" rowsep="0"><colspec coldef="txt" colname="column1" colwidth="180pts" min-data-value="250"></colspec><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column2" colwidth="368.25pt" min-data-value="5"></colspec>
<thead>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" morerows="0" namest="column1" rowsep="0"></entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2" rowsep="0"><bold>Applicable volume of
clean<linebreak></linebreak>coal-derived fuel</bold></entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" morerows="0" namest="column1" rowsep="0"><bold>Calendar year:</bold></entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2" rowsep="0"><bold>(in billions of gallons):</bold></entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2015</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">0.75</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2016</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">1.5</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2017</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">2.25</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2018</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">3.00</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2019</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">3.75</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2020</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">4.5</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2021</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">5.25</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2022</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">6.0.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40378052F5EA4504A175B206F989706A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Calendar year
2023 and thereafter</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (C), for the purposes
of this subsection, the applicable volume for calendar year 2023 and each
calendar year thereafter shall be determined by the President, in coordination
with the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, based on a review of the implementation of the program during calendar
years 2015 through 2022, including a review of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52C0CB02AD3A4E34A8DF4D36D25AAA87"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the impact of
clean coal-derived fuels on the energy security of the United States;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0C995FCF132648338C940614966497D2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the expected
annual rate of future production of clean coal-derived fuels; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4C7959F71F8D464E9CF1B595E523C138"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the impact of
the use of clean coal-derived fuels on other factors, including job creation,
rural economic development, and the environment.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDFB75940B31E54B6ABDBC7D328B79B800"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Minimum
applicable volume</header><text>For the purpose of this subsection, the
applicable volume for calendar year 2023 and each calendar year thereafter
shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying—</text>
<clause id="IDC3B78AB698CA4C9DA0227AB4A277FAED"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
number of gallons of covered fuel that the President estimates will be sold or
introduced into commerce in the calendar year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDB81DB25CAE6F4940A96789A0B75E71AE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the ratio
that—</text>
<subclause id="ID7956982E398D44B6AED722C2DDEF42BE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>6,000,000,000
gallons of clean coal-derived fuel; bears to</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDC21F0B9B77BD48688A21B0D734A1985D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the number of
gallons of covered fuel sold or introduced into commerce in calendar year
2022.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBEB90ED19B944A1C9882461D4783687C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicable
percentages</header>
<paragraph id="IDA4780394076B40EA927C36AE90EFF747"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Provision of
estimate of volumes of certain fuel sales</header><text>Not later than October
31 of each of calendar years 2015 through 2021, the Administrator of the Energy
Information Administration shall provide to the President an estimate, with
respect to the following calendar year, of the volumes of covered fuel
projected to be sold or introduced into commerce in the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0EA05C3E38524073A5AC614FB7A41198"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination
of applicable percentages</header>
<subparagraph id="ID67C3250E70634BD4A15168C3A6406511"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than November 30 of each of calendar years 2015
through 2022, based on the estimate provided under paragraph (1), the President
shall determine and publish in the Federal Register, with respect to the
following calendar year, the clean coal-derived fuel obligation that ensures
that the requirements of subsection (a) are met.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4614988BE3B642ED9B104B37785E9A76"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Required
elements</header><text>The clean coal-derived fuel obligation determined for a
calendar year under subparagraph (A) shall—</text>
<clause id="ID6A9EFCCF8A4343259728B914A34ADA98"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be
applicable to refineries, blenders, and importers, as appropriate;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDE70E92AE72714505A85EEE8EAA0F6028"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>be
expressed in terms of a volume percentage of covered fuel sold or introduced
into commerce in the United States; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID00A092AB634E499E9166248485829045"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>subject to
paragraph (3)(A), consist of a single applicable percentage that applies to all
categories of persons specified in clause (i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID379A617DDA574C2A8DF34F781E7713D3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Adjustments</header><text>In
determining the applicable percentage for a calendar year, the President shall
make adjustments—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8031BB40826D49B691A8156198EEF92C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to prevent the
imposition of redundant obligations on any person specified in paragraph
(2)(B)(i); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD35D90E583124059BEEE3566CC1F8756"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to account for
the use of clean coal-derived fuel during the previous calendar year by small
refineries that are exempt under subsection (f).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID09E791E35F684207B8894361D261308A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Volume
conversion factors for clean coal-derived fuels based on energy
content</header>
<paragraph id="IDd5e6f3195be043eb8c07d7b022701983"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For the purpose of subsection (a), the President shall
assign values to specific types of clean coal-derived fuel for the purpose of
satisfying the fuel volume requirements of subsection (a)(4) in accordance with
this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID94a01ceddc4442b4908db9ffcec19f40"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Energy content
relative to diesel fuel</header><text>For clean coal-derived fuels, 1 gallon of
the clean coal-derived fuel shall be considered to be the equivalent of 1
gallon of diesel fuel multiplied by the ratio that—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDb9a3c32cbabe44c1beaa994fc6a107ec"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
British thermal units of energy produced by the combustion of 1 gallon of the
clean coal-derived fuel (as measured under conditions determined by the
Secretary); bears to</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDff2ec77f19af44b7b2781d9c1ab9bc2a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of
British thermal units of energy produced by the combustion of 1 gallon of
diesel fuel (as measured under conditions determined by the Secretary to be
comparable to conditions described in subparagraph (A)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF0D5B7DC8DAB49F395D1585744C60E7B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Credit
program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7003EDF1208840B785DAB9C7EC2E810D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The President, in consultation with the Secretary and the
clean coal-derived fuel requirement of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id916D99CAE3184D6DADF14BBF021D5D2F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Market
transparency</header><text>In carrying out the credit program under this
subsection, the President shall facilitate price transparency in markets for
the sale and trade of credits, with due regard for the public interest, the
integrity of those markets, fair competition, and the protection of
consumers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE221A6D702564C54B81DCF7D3953E9F4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Waivers</header>
<paragraph id="ID554B5C8A61CF451B97F29945CEB71263"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The President, in consultation with the Secretary and the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, may waive the
requirements of subsection (a) in whole or in part on petition by 1 or more
States by reducing the national quantity of clean coal-derived fuel required
under subsection (a), based on a determination by the President (after public
notice and opportunity for comment), that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7F44E5CB710E4819898347EB45514A9B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>implementation of
the requirement would severely harm the economy or environment of a State, a
region, or the United States; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1C985CA180984C9BB905CF23680D01A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>extreme and
unusual circumstances exist that prevent distribution of an adequate supply of
domestically produced clean coal-derived fuel to consumers in the United
States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8D3E18BB02D14961A56A1551D8577997"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Petitions for
waivers</header><text>The President, in consultation with the Secretary and the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall approve or
disapprove a State petition for a waiver of the requirements of subsection (a)
within 90 days after the date on which the petition is received by the
President.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB600D160E5C742349CEA58A95ED07DC3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Termination of
waivers</header><text>A waiver granted under paragraph (1) shall terminate
after 1 year, but may be renewed by the President after consultation with the
Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID91E4DEB40647460CACFD0D976C6062B5"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Small
refineries</header>
<paragraph id="ID73426D9D588E470B965A1267A07A6821"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Temporary
exemption</header>
<subparagraph id="ID3F72EF5821074831A0367C27C72110BA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The requirements of subsection (a) shall not apply to
small refineries until calendar year 2018.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE2C6D23810B4475A98DAA348278AB84D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Extension of
exemption</header>
<clause id="ID184E803A48DA4F04A1643E30EAF01975"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Study by
Secretary</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2013, the Secretary shall
submit to the President and Congress a report describing the results of a study
to determine whether compliance with the requirements of subsection (a) would
impose a disproportionate economic hardship on small refineries.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID92728B6C3074491CB6CA753144D11172"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Extension of
exemption</header><text>In the case of a small refinery that the Secretary
determines under clause (i) would be subject to a disproportionate economic
hardship if required to comply with subsection (a), the President shall extend
the exemption under subparagraph (A) for the small refinery for a period of not
less than 2 additional years.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID29467E58924D43C09894780C23E4E794"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Petitions based
on disproportionate economic hardship</header>
<subparagraph id="ID89C2AFE18B894C83AA31BDBD4CA4D866"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Extension of
exemption</header><text>A small refinery may at any time petition the President
for an extension of the exemption under paragraph (1) for the reason of
disproportionate economic hardship.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC905A7D813A8439A91DCACE4923A02CD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Evaluation of
petitions</header><text>In evaluating a petition under subparagraph (A), the
President, in consultation with the Secretary, shall consider the findings of
the study under paragraph (1)(B) and other economic factors.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB3BC539F903140C68F0631C42037C2C1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Deadline for
action on petitions</header><text>The President shall act on any petition
submitted by a small refinery for a hardship exemption not later than 90 days
after the date of receipt of the petition.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID2CE9C556C5AC4331926C505D1721B48C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Opt-in for
small refineries</header><text>A small refinery shall be subject to the
requirements of subsection (a) if the small refinery notifies the President
that the small refinery waives the exemption under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4E8DA0592B95443CA14B3C41E6BD86C9"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Penalties and
enforcement</header>
<paragraph id="ID2655567ed71c45a693a33572318aae5b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Civil
penalties</header>
<subparagraph id="id0C272811FF81438689E8297DE10FF34E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any person that violates a regulation promulgated under
subsection (a), or that fails to furnish any information required under such a
regulation, shall be liable to the United States for a civil penalty of not
more than the total of—</text>
<clause id="id54C1215368D34B3C9C8AB61EF0932BA7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$25,000 for each
day of the violation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idE46CA6ABF16A4D8BA5F69A7920C48495"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of
economic benefit or savings received by the person resulting from the
violation, as determined by the President.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC68C9D61730A4680AE5070C8F21B9DE1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Collection</header><text>Civil
penalties under subparagraph (A) shall be assessed by, and collected in a civil
action brought by, the Secretary or such other officer of the United States as
is designated by the President.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID908db9460cec4c05877fa498c16871f7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Injunctive
authority</header>
<subparagraph id="idB23C1D2424BB459FA1640B4808143F68"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The district courts of the United States shall have
jurisdiction to—</text>
<clause id="id9FBFC1E7378249A4AA0DC73C73B0D2DC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>restrain a
violation of a regulation promulgated under subsection (a);</text>
</clause><clause id="id6C6667A2CD784C079F547DC6CD778680"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>award other
appropriate relief; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id9B9EB16AF8CF4965A52A01F50934C13A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>compel the
furnishing of information required under the regulation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA387552B24CD4A4D89760BD5696B52A2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Actions</header><text>An
action to restrain such violations and compel such actions shall be brought by
and in the name of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id053BCA1B3E784AB6BFF56648C62B7916"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Subpoenas</header><text>In
the action, a subpoena for a witness who is required to attend a district court
in any district may apply in any other district.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idB14B722B84274ADE9936F9B37BF72FD1"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>Except as otherwise specifically provided in this section,
this section takes effect on January 1, 2016.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idDDCDF2AC687D403191A24F29E4B42FD3"><enum>C</enum><header>Oil
shale</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54B44368B7E849C580BFA37490EDDD30" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>221.</enum><header> Removal of
prohibition on final regulations for commercial leasing program for oil shale
resources on public land</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 433 of the Department of the
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public
Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2152) is repealed.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="id0CFB768051D446AFB976ADF3351E7699"><enum>D</enum><header>Department of
Defense facilitation of secure domestic fuel development</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD82C401F2DC44480BC3803B1B8878CF2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>231.</enum><header>Procurement and
acquisition of alternative fuels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 526 of the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17142) is repealed.</text>
</section><section id="idB56EEDC02BC94AFA8BD0D54C6383DC68"><enum>232.</enum><header>Multiyear
contract authority for the Department of Defense for the procurement of
synthetic fuels</header>
<subsection id="id8E44F27E8B8B44848D1656380EA48808"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Multiyear
contracts for the procurement of synthetic fuels authorized</header>
<paragraph id="id2C302A84DB4F4E308F875DFA0767710A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Chapter 141 of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F9BC9D8E7854B5CBB7CCE5532C0F6A4" style="USC">
<section id="id222FC676950249BBABD52C2E7026E083"><enum>2410r.</enum><header>Multiyear
contract authority: purchase of synthetic fuels</header>
<subsection id="id223946D5FD724EEF8DE24F032048B465"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Multiyear
contracts authorized</header><text>The head of an agency may enter into
contracts for a period not to exceed 25 years for the purchase of synthetic
fuels.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id17025F0AFE6F4F97BA0BDC8CD908566C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="id78CE0B09A2534BB79C6E9AC1DE0701AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term
<term>head of an agency</term> has the meaning given that term in section
2302(1) of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAAB6C5E6DECC4DF8B4280A4CB4105CD2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term
<term>synthetic fuel</term> means any liquid, gas, or combination thereof
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC1A12CE66ABD4548A837FC7848265229"><enum>(A)</enum><text>can be used as a
substitute for petroleum or natural gas (or any derivative thereof, including
chemical feedstocks); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id689B0CC2B414495B922650FA25A01E21"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is produced by
chemical or physical transformation of domestic sources of
energy.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEC8112F194444D659CE183A9122E2431"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 141
of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
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<toc>
<toc-entry idref="id222FC676950249BBABD52C2E7026E083" level="section">2410r. Multiyear contract authority: purchase of synthetic
fuels.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id41B66830838C4911B6F429E22F5628D2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not
later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Defense shall prescribe regulations providing that the head of an agency may
initiate a multiyear contract as authorized by section 2410r of title 10,
United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), only if the head of the agency
has determined in writing that—</text>
<paragraph id="id5D6C70368D5C4F0D967D734D92366D46"><enum>(1)</enum><text>there is a
reasonable expectation that throughout the contemplated contract period the
head of the agency will request funding for the contract at the level required
to avoid contract cancellation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8163B1ED97E14AF4ABAA84D376D3F99E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the technical
risks associated with the technologies for the production of synthetic fuel
under the contract are not excessive; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id80014EEBD12643399AC3F4A2E8D2BC51"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the contract will
contain appropriate pricing mechanisms to minimize risk to the Government from
significant changes in market prices for energy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id557909D2B131412A8C4D4EC5D77541BC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation on
use of authority</header><text>No contract may be entered into under the
authority in section 2410r of title 10, United States Code (as so added), until
the regulations required by subsection (b) are prescribed.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle>