[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3379 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3379

 To standardize the definition of the term ``small business refiner'' 
   for purposes of laws administered by the Environmental Protection 
                                Agency.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 12, 2012

 Mr. Roberts (for himself and Mr. Enzi) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To standardize the definition of the term ``small business refiner'' 
   for purposes of laws administered by the Environmental Protection 
                                Agency.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Refiner Relief Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS REFINER.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of 
administering any law under the jurisdiction of the Environmental 
Protection Agency (including a regulation promulgated by the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under any such law 
after the date of enactment of this Act), the term ``small business 
refiner'' shall mean, with respect to any taxable year, a refiner of 
crude oil--
            (1) with respect to which not more than 1,500 individuals 
        are engaged in the refinery operations of the business on any 
        day during the taxable year; and
            (2) the average daily domestic refinery run or average 
        retained production of which for all facilities of the taxpayer 
        during any calendar year did not exceed 205,000 barrels.
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