Renewable Fuel Standard Integrity Act of 2019

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3006 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3006

 To impose an annual deadline of June 1 for small refineries to submit 
  petitions for exemptions from the renewable fuel requirements under 
   section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)) based on 
                  disproportionate economic hardship.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2019

 Mr. Peterson (for himself, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Marshall, 
    Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, and Mr. Loebsack) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To impose an annual deadline of June 1 for small refineries to submit 
  petitions for exemptions from the renewable fuel requirements under 
   section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)) based on 
                  disproportionate economic hardship.

    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 ``Renewable Fuel Standard Integrity 
Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL DEADLINE FOR PETITIONS BY SMALL REFINERIES FOR 
              EXEMPTIONS FROM RENEWABLE FUEL REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Deadline.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
petitions under section 211(o)(9) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7545(o)(9)) for an exemption from the requirements of section 211(o)(2) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)) shall be submitted to the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency by June 1 of the 
year preceding the year when such requirements would otherwise be in 
effect.
    (b) Effect of Failure To Meet Deadline.--If a petition described in 
subsection (a) is not submitted by the deadline specified in such 
subsection, the petition shall be ineligible for consideration or 
approval.

SEC. 3. INFORMATION IN PETITION SUBJECT TO PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.

    (a) In General.--Any information submitted to the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency by any person, including a small 
refinery, with respect to a petition under section 211(o)(9)(B) of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(9)(B))--
            (1) shall not be deemed to be a trade secret or 
        confidential information; and
            (2) shall be subject to public disclosure, notwithstanding 
        section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code, or any other 
        Federal law or regulation.
    (b) Applicability.--Subsection (a) applies only with respect to 
information submitted with respect to a petition under section 
211(o)(9)(B) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(9)(B)) for 
calendar year 2021 or subsequent calendar years.
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