Gas Accessibility and Stabilization Act of 2013

Gas Accessibility and Stabilization Act of 2013 - Amends the Clean Air Act to revise procedures for waiver by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of a control or prohibition regarding the use of a fuel or fuel additive by: (1) allowing waiver if the Administrator determines that extreme and unusual fuel or fuel additive supply circumstances are the result of a problem with distribution or delivery equipment necessary for the transportation or delivery of such fuel or additives, (2) allowing extension of a waiver for more than 20 days if it is determined that the waiver conditions will exist beyond 20 days, and (3) deeming a request for a waiver that is not approved or denied within 3 days to be approved for the period requested.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to modify a fuel system requirements harmonization study to: (1) include consideration of biofuels, (2) add consideration of the projected effects of EPA Tier III requirements on air quality and motor fuel prices, and (3) extend to June 1, 2014, the date for submission to Congress of a report on the results of the study.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1319 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1319

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and 
     the Secretary of Energy to conduct a fuel system requirements 
              harmonization study, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 18, 2013

 Mr. Blunt (for himself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Coats, Mr. Portman, 
and Mr. McCain) 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 require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and 
     the Secretary of Energy to conduct a fuel system requirements 
              harmonization study, 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 ``Gas Accessibility and Stabilization 
Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY.

    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 ``a problem with 
        distribution or delivery equipment that is necessary for the 
        transportation or delivery of fuel or fuel additives,'' after 
        ``equipment failure,'';
            (2) in clause (iii)(II), by inserting ``(except that the 
        Administrator may extend the effectiveness of a waiver for more 
        than 20 days if the Administrator determines that the 
        conditions under clause (ii) supporting a waiver determination 
        will exist for more than 20 days)'' before the semicolon at the 
        end;
            (3) by redesignating the second clause (v) (relating to the 
        authority of the Administrator to approve certain State 
        implementation plans) as clause (vi); and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(vii) Presumptive Approval.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this subparagraph, if the Administrator does not approve or deny a 
request for a waiver under this subparagraph within 3 days after 
receipt of the request, the request shall be considered to be approved 
as received by the Administrator and the applicable fuel standards 
shall be waived for the period of time requested.''.

SEC. 3. FUEL SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS HARMONIZATION STUDY.

    Section 1509 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-58; 
119 Stat. 1083) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``biofuels,'' 
                after ``oxygenated fuel,''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(G), by striking ``Tier II'' 
                and inserting ``Tier III''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``2008'' and 
        inserting ``2014''.
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