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TH

CONGRESS 2

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ESSION

 

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To amend the Clean Air Act to reform the renewable fuel program under that Act, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

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Mr. U

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introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on

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A BILL

To amend the Clean Air Act to reform the renewable fuel program under that Act, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-

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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Growing Renewable

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Energy through Existing and New Environmentally Re-

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sponsible Fuels Act’’ or the ‘‘GREENER Fuels Act’’.

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SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF ADMINISTRATOR.

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In this Act, the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-

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ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

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SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON FUELS DERIVED FROM CORN KER-

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NELS.

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(a) A 

DVANCED

B

IOFUEL

.—Section 211(o)(1)(B) of

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the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(B)) is amend-

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ed—

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(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘, other than eth-

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anol derived from corn starch,’’; and

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(2) by adding at the end the following:

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‘‘(iii) E

 XCLUSION

.—The term ‘ad-

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 vanced biofuel’ does not include any fuel

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derived from a corn kernel-based feed-

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stock.’’.

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(b) C

ELLULOSIC

B

IOFUEL

.—Section 211(o)(1)(E) of

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the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(E)) is amend-

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ed—

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(1) by striking ‘‘The term’’ and inserting the

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following:

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‘‘(i) I

N GENERAL

.—The term’’; and

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(2) by adding at the end the following:

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‘‘(ii) E

 XCLUSION

.—The term ‘cellu-

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losic biofuel’ does not include any renew-

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able fuel derived from a corn kernel-based

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feedstock.’’.

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SEC. 4. RENEWABLE BIOMASS.

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(a) P

ROHIBITION ON

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NVASIVE

S

PECIES

.—Section

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211(o)(1)(I) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.

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7545(o)(1)(I)) is amended—

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(1) by redesignating clauses (i) through (vii) as

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subclauses (I) through (VII), respectively, and in-

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denting the subclauses appropriately;

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(2) in the matter preceding subclause (I) (as so

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redesignated), by striking ‘‘The term’’ and inserting

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the following:

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‘‘(i) I

N GENERAL

.—The term’’; and

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(3) by adding at the end the following:

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‘‘(ii) E

 XCLUSION

.—The term ‘renew-

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able biomass’ does not include any species

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or variety of plant that, as determined by

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the Secretary of Agriculture, in consulta-

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tion with other appropriate Federal and

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State agencies, is—

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‘‘(I) invasive;

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‘‘(II) noxious; or

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‘‘(III) potentially invasive, as de-

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termined using—

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‘‘(aa) a credible risk assess-

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ment tool; or

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‘‘(bb) any other credible

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source.’’.

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