<enum>I</enum><header>Refinery
Streamlined Permitting</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1989FBD3661F41F486679391D5E32A88" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Refinery Streamlined Permitting
Act of 2012</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H583CAFBB2049466C97784707CDB579E5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Review process
streamlining</header>
<subsection id="HF3102BDF0977407FBCF86FADAB7CB4FB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assistance to
States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Energy shall offer to States assistance to enable the States to assign
responsibilities delegated to the States, under Federal laws relating to the
construction or expansion of a petroleum refining facility, in a coordinated
and expeditious manner.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA29878F50FD146B89CC79315D3DB848C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Memorandum of
understanding</header><text>All Federal agencies, and all State agencies to
which responsibilities are delegated under Federal law, responsible for
approving a permit or other Federal authorization for the construction or
expansion of a petroleum refining facility shall enter into a memorandum of
understanding with respect to that facility, or proposed facility, that clearly
defines all actions required to be taken for Federal permit review and
approval. The memorandum of understanding shall identify areas where Federal
and State agencies can exercise discretion, and where multiple levels of review
on permitting decisions can be coordinated, to enable a more expeditious review
process.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA830EF8E982A4AE28D3C086DA246EFC7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Approval
deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, a Federal agency, and a State agency to which
responsibilities are delegated under Federal law, shall take final action to
approve or disapprove an application under Federal law for the construction or
expansion of a petroleum refining facility not later than 1 year after receipt
of a complete application for such approval.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAE6369F62863419DBF4703F2297E06E8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Priority
projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Federal agency,
and a State agency to which responsibilities are delegated under Federal law,
shall give high priority to expediting an application under Federal law for the
construction or expansion of a petroleum refining facility that would—</text>
<paragraph id="H2271EAFABF394868A9039A3602903B5D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>allow for
production of cleaner burning fuel;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A5F5E2C85A948B4846116FC0209A5E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>result in
increased refining capacity; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE54D5351ACE1416E8E8375207F52F86F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>result in a
reduction in a refinery’s pollution output.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HE16F15D11BDA412A9ED88173320FB64F"><enum>103.</enum><header>Statement of
energy effects</header>
<subsection id="H62A9B7604DE64D088252F00297F9A4B6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Preparation</header>
<paragraph id="H8363A383CDAB4EEB811F08D9FD016C99"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>An
agency shall prepare and submit a Statement of Energy Effects to the
Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, for each proposed significant energy action.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H001DA44FB6354EB2BF32CC3E11E03631"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>A
Statement of Energy Effects shall consist of a detailed statement by the agency
responsible for the significant energy action relating to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC5FE6B963C8B437AA389D609FB2AFF7A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any adverse
effects on energy supply, distribution, or use (including a shortfall in
supply, price increases, and increased use of foreign supplies) should the
proposal be implemented; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C680C2BF35A4EE1A18D5B4F7222DC54"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reasonable
alternatives to the action with adverse energy effects, and the expected
effects of such alternatives on energy supply, distribution, and use.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H14C7D2FA5C1B45F0BE3B9277AAA0F7E7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Guidance and
consultation</header><text>The Administrator of the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs shall provide guidance to the agencies on the implementation
of this section and shall consult with other agencies as appropriate in the
implementation of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC6730BD7411443D1874FB600574BE9AD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>Agencies
shall publish their Statements of Energy Effects, or a summary thereof, in each
related Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and in any resulting Final Rule.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD243DEC7F9FE4F24A8AF21656373EB4A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H9487C3E589424AC9B42533C53370C0D5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<quote>agency</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 3502(1) of
title 44, United States Code, except that the term does not include an
independent regulatory agency, as defined in paragraph (5) of that section;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H79D8CFD4E69A48199762AA4ED76123C4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<quote>significant energy action</quote> means any action by an agency that is
expected to lead to promulgation of a final rule or regulation and that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3F4066580231424D954A770FF6987F0C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is likely to have
a significant adverse effect on the supply, distribution, or use of energy;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6836DD4329B04257A9D70A3D06236D3F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is designated by
the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs as a
significant energy action.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Refining Capacity
on Closed Military Installations </header>
<section id="H464B52449FAF46CBB88A1D997A434B54" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this title—</text>
<paragraph id="H823F6740E03042D4B1EB501BBBDC2E8B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>base closure law</term> means the Defense Base Closure and Realignment
Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note)
and title II of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and
Realignment Act (Public Law 100–526; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H33790FF8E26848DF8738A14D3EB43336"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>closed military installation</term> means a military installation closed
or approved for closure pursuant to a base closure law;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB75A45D172124AE0B954D22218B851D2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<quote>designated refinery</quote> means a refinery designated under section
202(a);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB1245E466DAF432B9D560237E125CB7B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>Federal refinery
authorization</term>—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04711E0489684E5B8B37D15DFB037326"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means any
authorization required under Federal law, whether administered by a Federal or
State administrative agency or official, with respect to siting, construction,
expansion, or operation of a refinery; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC89E9E886F15471998CDC7D6D19DDAE2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes any
permits, special use authorizations, certifications, opinions, or other
approvals required under Federal law with respect to siting, construction,
expansion, or operation of a refinery;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD37AC0C3A80441EC9287C09501DAB4CD"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the term
<term>refinery</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6D4E416319AE4005A48EFD647AF93531"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a facility
designed and operated to receive, load, unload, store, transport, process, and
refine crude oil by any chemical or physical process, including distillation,
fluid catalytic cracking, hydrocracking, coking, alkylation, etherification,
polymerization, catalytic reforming, isomerization, hydrotreating, blending,
and any combination thereof, in order to produce gasoline or other fuel;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4BA4FE289BAF4B129B495D369C23329F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a facility
designed and operated to receive, load, unload, store, transport, process, and
refine coal by any chemical or physical process, including liquefaction, in
order to produce gasoline, diesel, or other liquid fuel as its primary output;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEE6AE86110C241C9B0CC969EA065BBCB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the term
<term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H165068F8D23542548253B7EACC85D0A2"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the term
<term>State</term> means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the United States.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H591DD944E86B4474BEE6A3F57C85F0BC"><enum>202.</enum><header>State
participation and presidential designation</header>
<subsection id="HB0F332DA952D4970A21BEB0D4F1FF1BB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Designation
requirement</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the President shall designate no less than 3 closed military
installations, or portions thereof, subject to subsection (c)(2), that are
appropriate for the purposes of siting a refinery.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFA3B35F2FB5C423DBAD48BB77AA5B803"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Analysis of
refinery sites</header><text>In considering any site for possible designation
under subsection (a), the President shall conduct an analysis of—</text>
<paragraph id="H7BE1DA9D4C1747B4A4A76AE678B5474C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the availability
of crude oil supplies to the site, including supplies from domestic production
of shale oil and tar sands and other strategic unconventional fuels;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5FE2B3E263E244BA97E2B27DD3F5B638"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the distribution
of the Nation’s refined petroleum product demand;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7F72DE3A2F6C46568C2786696E6A9BB8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>whether such site
is in close proximity to substantial pipeline infrastructure, including both
crude oil and refined petroleum product pipelines, and potential infrastructure
feasibility;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H09A9B589095A4CD9853B591FE07EF9B1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the need to
diversify the geographical location of the domestic refining capacity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H78FB1A854CBC4F79AAD05D5AF2FE1347"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the effect that
increased refined petroleum products from a refinery on that site may have on
the price and supply of gasoline to consumers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0A8057D733C947E3A36F9ACF86AAB499"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the impact of
locating a refinery on the site on the readiness and operations of the Armed
Forces; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB0278354570D4A84855852F4B8A9C7CE"><enum>(7)</enum><text>such other factors
as the President considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H666A65B894634F2FB7907C2F138F4A4A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sale or
disposal</header>
<paragraph id="HE2BF59D240374456B364F47738C9D146"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>Except
as provided in paragraph (2), until the expiration of 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Federal Government shall not sell or otherwise
dispose of the military installations designated pursuant to subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5394199E8BCD43C8934F201F91F2BC6A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Governor’s
objection</header><text>No site may be used for a refinery under this title if,
not later than 60 days after designation of the site under subsection (a), the
Governor of the State in which the site is located transmits to the President
an objection to the designation, unless, not later than 60 days after the
President receives such objection, the Congress has by law overridden the
objection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H007C270900674E76B4E213E76E149B02"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Redevelopment
authority</header><text>With respect to a closed military installation, or
portion thereof, designated by the President as a potentially suitable refinery
site pursuant to subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph id="H922E895CF5544CAFAA608B75E360B27C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the redevelopment
authority for the installation, in preparing or revising the redevelopment plan
for the installation, shall consider the feasibility and practicability of
siting a refinery on the installation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H66274EF613D04B45922264B1E3819274"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Defense, in managing and disposing of real property at the installation
pursuant to the base closure law applicable to the installation, shall give
substantial deference to the recommendations of the redevelopment authority, as
contained in the redevelopment plan for the installation, regarding the siting
of a refinery on the installation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF83DF292C6A04BA294D52E2CFE03D787"><enum>203.</enum><header>Process
coordination and rules of procedure</header>
<subsection id="HF0B98CA290DF4EF2B3293BC77EBEB6B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Designation as
Lead Agency</header>
<paragraph id="HF615BAC60BC64D87801BE7CB36631B7E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Department of Energy shall act as the lead agency for
the purposes of coordinating all applicable Federal refinery authorizations and
related environmental reviews with respect to a designated refinery.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H05370C8A7B824836A8529EE6FE61EF49"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other
agencies</header><text>Each Federal and State agency or official required to
provide a Federal refinery authorization shall cooperate with the Secretary and
comply with the deadlines established by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0122EF105F1E417F8FF2F90B426FB93E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Schedule</header>
<paragraph id="HF315521D00A549F993DCA97CD87563AF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Secretary’s
authority to set schedule</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a
schedule for all Federal refinery authorizations with respect to a designated
refinery. In establishing the schedule, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H025A636000554CE58AF0257B0C06B0ED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensure expeditious
completion of all such proceedings; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H46BF4C6037A849A99E5A78222CBFC992"><enum>(B)</enum><text>accommodate the
applicable schedules established by Federal law for such proceedings.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H577AE6BCDB284DF89F463C40B046D2AC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Failure to meet
schedule</header><text>If a Federal or State administrative agency or official
does not complete a proceeding for an approval that is required for a Federal
refinery authorization in accordance with the schedule established by the
Secretary under this subsection, the applicant may pursue remedies under
subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H774AD0F415534F7B91845CB3C92F938D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consolidated
Record</header><text>The Secretary shall, with the cooperation of Federal and
State administrative agencies and officials, maintain a complete consolidated
record of all decisions made or actions taken by the Secretary or by a Federal
administrative agency or officer (or State administrative agency or officer
acting under delegated Federal authority) with respect to any Federal refinery
authorization. Such record shall be the record for judicial review under
subsection (d) of decisions made or actions taken by Federal and State
administrative agencies and officials, except that, if the Court determines
that the record does not contain sufficient information, the Court may remand
the proceeding to the Secretary for further development of the consolidated
record.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5FB832969403411F834CBB5D71C53C64"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Judicial
Review</header>
<paragraph id="H3B15441615454806B2D58B3E93CC1481"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The United States Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over any civil action
for the review of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H450FABB473CD44B8BAF1B6A5641ECF02"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an order or
action, related to a Federal refinery authorization, by a Federal or State
administrative agency or official; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD7381F1BD912470A926686BA528FA067"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an alleged failure
to act by a Federal or State administrative agency or official acting pursuant
to a Federal refinery authorization.</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">The failure
of an agency or official to act on a Federal refinery authorization in
accordance with the Secretary’s schedule established pursuant to subsection (b)
shall be considered inconsistent with Federal law for the purposes of paragraph
(2) of this subsection.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="H630C2F25C4924DE68266A628E04D1792"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Court
action</header><text>If the Court finds that an order or action described in
paragraph (1)(A) is inconsistent with the Federal law governing such Federal
refinery authorization, or that a failure to act as described in paragraph
(1)(B) has occurred, and the order, action, or failure to act would prevent the
siting, construction, expansion, or operation of the designated refinery, the
Court shall remand the proceeding to the agency or official to take appropriate
action consistent with the order of the Court. If the Court remands the order,
action, or failure to act to the Federal or State administrative agency or
official, the Court shall set a reasonable schedule and deadline for the agency
or official to act on remand.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA944072B86EF4CFBAB8ADDB331360892"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary’s
action</header><text>For any civil action brought under this subsection, the
Secretary shall promptly file with the Court the consolidated record compiled
by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBC7FC7118731436FB9F9383B4B7855E7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Expedited
review</header><text>The Court shall set any civil action brought under this
subsection for expedited consideration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H024E78DEAD4A472C94F62F33D183B703"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Attorney’s
fees</header><text>In any action challenging a Federal refinery authorization
that has been granted, reasonable attorney’s fees and other expenses of
litigation shall be awarded to the prevailing party. This paragraph shall not
apply to any action seeking remedies for denial of a Federal refinery
authorization or failure to act on an application for a Federal refinery
authorization.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section>