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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1412 

To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for a reduction in the number 

of boutique fuels, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 7, 2011 

Mr. TERRY (for himself, Mr. JONES, Mr. LATTA, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. COLE, 

Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. AKIN, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, and 

Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for a reduction 

in the number of boutique fuels, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gas Accessibility and 

5 Stabilization Act of 2011’’ or the ‘‘GAS Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF BOUTIQUE FUELS. 

7 Section 211(c)(4)(C) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 7545(c)(4)(C)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in clause (ii)(II), by inserting ‘‘an unex2 pected problem with distribution or delivery equip3 ment that is necessary for the transportation or de4 livery of fuel or fuel additives,’’ after ‘‘equipment 

5 failure,’’; 

6 (2) by redesignating the second clause (v) (re7 lating to the authority of the Administrator to ap8 prove certain State implementation plans) as clause 

9 (vi); and 

10 (3) in clause (vi) (as redesignated by paragraph 

11 (2))— 

12 (A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘fuels ap13 proved under’’ and all that follows through the 

14 end of the subclause and inserting ‘‘fuels in15 cluded on the list published under subclause 

16 (II) (including any revisions to the list under 

17 subclause (III)).’’; 

18 (B) by striking subclause (III) and insert19 ing the following: 

20 ‘‘(III)(aa) The Administrator, after providing notice 

21 and an opportunity for comment, shall remove a fuel from 

22 the list published under subclause (II) if the Adminis23 trator determines that the fuel has ceased to be included 

24 in any State implementation plan or is identical to a Fed25 eral fuel formulation implemented by the Administrator. 


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1 ‘‘(bb) On removing a fuel from the list under item 

2 (aa), the Administrator shall publish a revised list that 

3 reflects that removal.’’; and 

4 (C) by striking subclause (IV) and insert5 ing the following: 

6 ‘‘(IV) Nothing in subclause (I) or (V) limits the au7 thority of the Administrator to approve a control or prohi8 bition relating to any new fuel under this paragraph in 

9 a State implementation plan (or a revision to such a plan), 

10 if— 

11 ‘‘(aa) the new fuel completely replaces a fuel on 

12 the list published under subclause (II) (including 

13 any revisions to the list under subclause (III)); and 

14 ‘‘(bb) the Administrator, in consultation with 

15 the Secretary of Energy, publishes in the Federal 

16 Register, after providing notice and an opportunity 

17 for public comment, a determination that the control 

18 or prohibition will not cause any fuel supply or dis19 tribution interruption or have any significant ad20 verse impact on fuel producibility in the affected 

21 area or any contiguous area.’’. 

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