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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 386 

To amend the Clean Air Act to require a higher volume of renewable fuel 

derived from cellulosic biomass, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 24, 2007 

Mr. CHAMBLISS introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

A BILL 

To amend the Clean Air Act to require a higher volume 

of renewable fuel derived from cellulosic biomass, 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 ‘‘Cellulosic Ethanol In5 centive Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. RENEWABLE FUEL PROGRAM. 

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

8 7545(o)) is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (2)(B)— 

10 (A) in clause (i)— 


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1 (i) in the clause heading, by striking 

2 ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2030’’; and 

3 (ii) in the table, by striking the item 

4 relating to 2012 and inserting the fol5 lowing: 

‘‘2012 ....................................... 10 

2013 ....................................... 11 

2014 ....................................... 12.10 

2015 ....................................... 13.31 

2016 ....................................... 14.64 

2017 ....................................... 16.11 

2018 ....................................... 17.72 

2019 ....................................... 19.49 

2020 ....................................... 20.46 

2021 ....................................... 21.48 

2022 ....................................... 22.56 

2023 ....................................... 23.69 

2024 ....................................... 24.87 

2025 ....................................... 26.11 

2026 ....................................... 27.42 

2027 ....................................... 28.79 

2028 ....................................... 30.23 

2029 ....................................... 31.74 

2030 ....................................... 33.33.’’; 

6 (B) in clause (ii)— 

7 (i) in the clause heading, by striking 

8 ‘‘2013’’ and inserting ‘‘2031’’; 

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘2013’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘2031’’; and 

11 (iii) by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘2030’’; 

13 (C) by striking clause (iii) and inserting 

14 the following: 

15 ‘‘(iii) MINIMUM QUANTITY DERIVED

16 FROM CELLULOSIC BIOMASS.— 


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1 ‘‘(I) RATIO.—For calendar year 

2 2010 and each calendar year there3 after, the 2.5-to-1 ratio referred to in 

4 paragraph (4) shall apply only to the 

5 quantity of cellulosic biomass ethanol 

6 sold or introduced into commerce dur7 ing a calendar year that is in excess 

8 of the minimum quantity of renewable 

9 fuel derived from cellulosic biomass 

10 required for that calendar year. 

11 ‘‘(II) MINIMUM QUANTITY.—For 

12 calendar year 2010 and each calendar 

13 year thereafter, the applicable volume 

14 referred to in clause (i) shall contain 

15 a minimum volume of renewable fuel 

16 derived from cellulosic biomass, as de17 termined in accordance with the fol18 lowing table: 

‘‘Calendar year: 

Minimum volume 

derived from cellulosic biomass (in 

billions of gallons): 

2010 ..................................... 0.25 

2011 ..................................... 0.25 

2012 ..................................... 0.5 

2013 ..................................... 0.65 

2014 ..................................... 0.85 

2015 ..................................... 1.10 

2016 ..................................... 1.64 

2017 ..................................... 3.11 

2018 ..................................... 4.72 

2019 ..................................... 6.49 

2020 ..................................... 7.46 


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‘‘Calendar year: 

Minimum volume 

derived from cellulosic biomass (in 

billions of gallons): 

2021 ..................................... 8.48 

2022 ..................................... 9.56 

2023 ..................................... 10.69 

2024 ..................................... 11.87 

2025 ..................................... 13.11 

2026 ..................................... 14.42 

2027 ..................................... 15.79 

2028 ..................................... 17.23 

2029 ..................................... 18.74 

2030 ..................................... 20.33.’’; 

1 (D) in clause (iv)— 

2 (i) by striking ‘‘2013’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘2031’’; and 

4 (ii) in subclause (II)— 

5 (I) in item (aa), by striking 

6 ‘‘7,500,000,000’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘33,330,000,000’’; and 

8 (II) in item (bb), by striking 

9 ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2030’’; and 

10 (E) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(v) REGIONAL REQUIREMENT.— 

12 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Except as 

13 provided in subclause (II), not less 

14 than 30 percent of the total volume of 

15 renewable fuel required in a State 

16 under this subsection shall be derived 

17 from the region of the Environmental 


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1 Protection Agency in which the State 

2 is located. 

3 ‘‘(II) EXCEPTION.—The Admin4 istrator may reduce or waive the re5 quirement in subclause (I) for a re6 gion if the Administrator determines 

7 that it would be impracticable for the 

8 region to produce the required volume 

9 of renewable fuel.’’; and 

10 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

11 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

12 ‘‘2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2029’’; and 

13 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

14 ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2029’’. 

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