Boutique Fuel Reduction Act of 2011 - Amends the Clean Air Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to temporarily waive a control or prohibition respecting the use of a fuel or fuel additive if: (1) it is in the public interest to grant such a waiver; and (2) the Administrator determines, and the Secretary of Energy (DOE) concurs, that extreme and unusual fuel or fuel additive supply circumstances exist that are the result of an unexpected problem with distribution or delivery equipment.
Requires the Administrator, after providing notice and an opportunity for comment, to remove a fuel from the list of approved fuels under all state implementation plans (SIPs) if the Administrator determines that the fuel: (1) has ceased to be included in any SIP (current law), or (2) is identical to a federal fuel control or prohibition established and enforced by the Administrator (currently, identical to a federal fuel formulation implemented by the Administrator). Directs the Administrator, on removing a fuel from the list, to publish a revised list that reflects such removal.
Repeals the limitation on the Administrator's authority to approve a control or prohibition respecting any new fuel in a SIP plan if such new fuel increases the total number of fuels on such list. Provides that nothing in such Act limits the authority of the Administrator to approve a control or prohibition relating to any new fuel in a SIP if: (1) the new fuel completely replaces a fuel on the list published; and (2) the Administrator publishes in the Federal Register, after providing notice and an opportunity for public comment, a determination that the control or prohibition will not cause any fuel supply or distribution interruption or have any significant adverse impact on fuel producibility in the affected area or any contiguous area.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 511 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 511
To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for a reduction in the number of
boutique fuels, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 8, 2011
Mr. Blunt (for himself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Corker, Mr. Coburn,
Mr. Lee, Mr. Sessions, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Thune, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Hatch,
Mr. Ensign, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Kyl, Mr. McCain, Mr. Alexander,
Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, Mr. Coats, Mr. Boozman, Mr.
Chambliss, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Roberts,
Mr. Lugar, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Portman, Ms.
Murkowski, Mr. Risch, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, Mr.
Shelby, and Mr. Burr) introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
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A BILL
To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for a reduction in the number of
boutique fuels, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Boutique Fuel Reduction Act of
2011''.
SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF BOUTIQUE FUELS.
Section 211(c)(4)(C) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(c)(4)(C))
is amended--
(1) in clause (ii)(II), by inserting ``an unexpected
problem with distribution or delivery equipment that is
necessary for the transportation or delivery of fuel or fuel
additives,'' after ``equipment failure,'';
(2) by redesignating the second clause (v) (relating to the
authority of the Administrator to approve certain State
implementation plans) as clause (vi); and
(3) in clause (vi) (as redesignated by paragraph (2))--
(A) in subclause (I), by striking ``fuels approved
under'' and all that follows through the end of the
subclause and inserting ``fuels included on the list
published under subclause (II) (including any revisions
to the list under subclause (III)).'';
(B) by striking subclause (III) and inserting the
following:
``(III) Removal of fuels from
list.--
``(aa) In general.--The
Administrator, after providing
notice and an opportunity for
comment, shall remove a fuel
from the list published under
subclause (II) if the
Administrator determines that
the fuel has ceased to be
included in any State
implementation plan or is
identical to a Federal fuel
control or prohibition
established and enforced the
Administrator.
``(bb) Publication of
revised list.--On removing a
fuel from the list under item
(aa), the Administrator shall
publish a revised list that
reflects that removal.''; and
(C) by striking subclause (IV) and inserting the
following:
``(IV) No limitation on
authority.--Nothing in subclause (I) or
(V) limits the authority of the
Administrator to approve a control or
prohibition relating to any new fuel
under this paragraph in a State
implementation plan (or a revision to
such a plan), if--
``(aa) the new fuel
completely replaces a fuel on
the list published under
subclause (II) (including any
revisions to the list under
subclause (III)); and
``(bb) the Administrator,
in consultation with the
Secretary of Energy, publishes
in the Federal Register, after
providing notice and an
opportunity for public comment,
a determination that the
control or prohibition will not
cause any fuel supply or
distribution interruption or
have any significant adverse
impact on fuel producibility in
the affected area or any
contiguous area.''.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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