Phantom Fuel Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the renewable fuel program by requiring the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, in estimating the projected volume of cellulosic biofuel to be sold or introduced into commerce in the next year, to determine for each facility producing such biofuel during the current year: (1) the average monthly volume of biofuel produced by such facility based on the actual volume produced through October 31, and (2) the estimated annualized volume of biofuel production for such facility for the current year based on such average monthly production. Requires the estimate of cellulosic biofuel projected to be sold or introduced into commerce in the following year to equal the total of the estimated annual volumes of cellulosic biofuel production for all such facilities.
Requires (currently, authorizes) the Administrator, in any year in which the Administrator reduces the applicable volume of cellulosic biofuel required in gasoline, to also reduce the applicable volume of renewable fuel and advanced biofuels required by the same (currently, by the same or a lesser) volume.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 550 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 550
To amend the renewable fuel program under section 211(o) of the Clean
Air Act to require the cellulosic biofuel requirement to be based on
actual production.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 6, 2013
Mr. Harper (for himself and Mr. Matheson) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To amend the renewable fuel program under section 211(o) of the Clean
Air Act to require the cellulosic biofuel requirement to be based on
actual production.
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 ``Phantom Fuel Reform Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. CELLULOSIC BIOFUEL REQUIREMENT BASED ON ACTUAL PRODUCTION.
(a) Provision of Estimate of Volumes of Cellulosic Biofuel.--
Section 211(o)(3)(A) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(3)(A)) is
amended--
(1) by inserting ``(i)'' before ``Not later than''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new clause:
``(ii)(I) In determining any estimate under clause
(i), with respect to the following calendar year, of
the projected volume of cellulosic biofuel production
(as described in paragraph (7)(D)(i)), the
Administrator of the Energy Information Administration
shall--
``(aa) for each cellulosic biofuel
production facility that is producing
(and continues to produce) cellulosic
biofuel during the period of January 1
through October 31 of the calendar year
in which the estimate is made (in this
clause referred to as the `current
calendar year')--
``(AA) determine the
average monthly volume of
cellulosic biofuel produced by
such facility, based on the
actual volume produced by such
facility during such period;
and
``(BB) based on such
average monthly volume of
production, determine the
estimated annualized volume of
cellulosic biofuel production
for such facility for the
current calendar year; and
``(bb) for each cellulosic biofuel
production facility that begins initial
production of (and continues to
produce) cellulosic biofuel after
January 1 of the current calendar
year--
``(AA) determine the
average monthly volume of
cellulosic biofuel produced by
such facility, based on the
actual volume produced by such
facility during the period
beginning on the date of
initial production of
cellulosic biofuel by the
facility and ending on October
31 of the current calendar
year; and
``(BB) based on such
average monthly volume of
production, determine the
estimated annualized volume of
cellulosic biofuel production
for such facility for the
current calendar year.
``(II) An estimate under clause (i) with
respect to the following calendar year of the
projected volume of cellulosic biofuel
production (as described in paragraph
(7)(D)(i)), shall be equal to the total of the
estimated annual volumes of cellulosic biofuel
production for all cellulosic biofuel
production facilities described in subclause
(I) for the current calendar year.''.
(b) Reduction in Applicable Volume.--Section 211(o)(7)(D)(i) of the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(7)(D)(i)) is amended by--
(1) striking ``based on the'' and inserting ``using the
exact'';
(2) striking ``may'' and inserting ``shall''; and
(3) striking ``by the same or a lesser volume'' and
inserting ``by the same volume''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
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