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‘‘(5) PRESERVATION OF STATE LAW.—Nothing in this sub-
section shall— 
‘‘(A) preempt existing State laws or regulations regu-
lating the blending of compliant gasolines; or 
‘‘(B) prohibit a State from adopting such restrictions 
in the future. 
‘‘(6) REGULATIONS.—The Administrator shall promulgate, 
after notice and comment, regulations implementing this sub-
section within 1 year after the date of enactment of this sub-
section. 
‘‘(7) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall become effec-
tive 15 months after the date of its enactment and shall apply 
to blended batches of reformulated gasoline on or after that 
date, regardless of whether the implementing regulations 
required by paragraph (6) have been promulgated by the 
Administrator by that date. 
‘‘(8) LIABILITY.—No person other than the person respon-
sible for blending under this subsection shall be subject to 
an enforcement action or penalties under subsection (d) solely 
arising from the blending of compliant reformulated gasolines 
by the retailers. 
‘‘(9) FORMULATION OF GASOLINE.—This subsection does not 
grant authority to the Administrator or any State (or any 
subdivision thereof) to require reformulation of gasoline at the 
refinery to adjust for potential or actual emissions increases 
due to the blending authorized by this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 1514. ADVANCED BIOFUEL TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of appropriations 
under subsection (d), the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Agri-
culture and the Biomass Research and Development Technical 
Advisory Committee established under section 306 of the Biomass 
Research and Development Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–224; 7 
U.S.C. 8101 note), establish a program, to be known as the 
‘‘Advanced Biofuel Technologies Program’’, to demonstrate advanced 
technologies for the production of alternative transportation fuels. 
(b) PRIORITY.—In carrying out the program under subsection 
(a), the Administrator shall give priority to projects that enhance 
the geographical diversity of alternative fuels production and utilize 
feedstocks that represent 10 percent or less of ethanol or biodiesel 
fuel production in the United States during the previous fiscal 
year. 
(c) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the program under subsection 
(a), the Administrator shall fund demonstration projects— 
(A) to develop not less than 4 different conversion 
technologies for producing cellulosic biomass ethanol; and 
(B) to develop not less than 5 technologies for copro-
ducing value-added bioproducts (such as fertilizers, herbi-
cides, and pesticides) resulting from the production of bio-
diesel fuel. 
(2) ADMINISTRATION.—Demonstration projects under this 
subsection shall be— 
(A) conducted based on a merit-reviewed, competitive 
process; and
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(B) subject to the cost-sharing requirements of section 
988. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section $110,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2005 through 2009. 
SEC. 1515. WASTE-DERIVED ETHANOL AND BIODIESEL. 
Section 312(f)(1) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 
13220(f)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘ ‘biodiesel’ means’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘ ‘biodiesel’— 
‘‘(A) means’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (A) (as designated by paragraph (1)) 
by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) includes biodiesel derived from— 
‘‘(i) animal wastes, including poultry fats and 
poultry wastes, and other waste materials; or 
‘‘(ii) municipal solid waste and sludges and oils 
derived from wastewater and the treatment of waste-
water; and’’. 
SEC. 1516. SUGAR ETHANOL LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Funds may be provided for the cost (as 
defined in section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 
(2 U.S.C. 661a)) of loan guarantees issued under title XIV to carry 
out commercial demonstration projects for ethanol derived from 
sugarcane, bagasse, and other sugarcane byproducts. 
(b) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—The Secretary may issue loan 
guarantees under this section to projects to demonstrate commer-
cially the feasibility and viability of producing ethanol using sugar-
cane, sugarcane bagasse, and other sugarcane byproducts as a 
feedstock. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.—An applicant for a loan guarantee under 
this section may provide assurances, satisfactory to the Secretary, 
that— 
(1) the project design has been validated through the oper-
ation of a continuous process facility; 
(2) the project has been subject to a full technical review; 
(3) the project, with the loan guarantee, is economically 
viable; and 
(4) there is a reasonable assurance of repayment of the 
guaranteed loan. 
(d) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) MAXIMUM
GUARANTEE.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), a loan guarantee under this section— 
(A) may be issued for up to 80 percent of the estimated 
cost of a project; but 
(B) shall not exceed $50,000,000 for any 1 project. 
(2) ADDITIONAL GUARANTEES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may issue additional 
loan guarantees for a project to cover— 
(i) up to 80 percent of the excess of actual project 
costs; but 
(ii) not to exceed 15 percent of the amount of 
the original loan guarantee.
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(B) PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST.—Subject to subparagraph 
(A), the Secretary shall guarantee 100 percent of the prin-
cipal and interest of a loan guarantee made under subpara-
graph (A). 
Subtitle B—Underground Storage Tank 
Compliance 
SEC. 1521. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Underground Storage Tank 
Compliance Act’’. 
SEC. 1522. LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9004 of the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6991c) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) TRUST FUND DISTRIBUTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) AMOUNT AND PERMITTED USES OF DISTRIBUTION.—
The Administrator shall distribute to States not less than 
80 percent of the funds from the Trust Fund that are 
made available to the Administrator under section 
9014(2)(A) for each fiscal year for use in paying the reason-
able costs, incurred under a cooperative agreement with 
any State for— 
‘‘(i) corrective actions taken by the State under 
section 9003(h)(7)(A); 
‘‘(ii) necessary administrative expenses, as deter-
mined by the Administrator, that are directly related 
to State fund or State assurance programs under sub-
section (c)(1); or 
‘‘(iii) enforcement, by a State or a local government, 
of State or local regulations pertaining to underground 
storage tanks regulated under this subtitle. 
‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS FOR ENFORCEMENT.—In addition 
to the uses of funds authorized under subparagraph (A), 
the Administrator may use funds from the Trust Fund 
that are not distributed to States under subparagraph (A) 
for enforcement of any regulation promulgated by the 
Administrator under this subtitle. 
‘‘(C) PROHIBITED USES.—Funds provided to a State by 
the Administrator under subparagraph (A) shall not be 
used by the State to provide financial assistance to an 
owner or operator to meet any requirement relating to 
underground storage tanks under subparts B, C, D, H, 
and G of part 280 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations 
(as in effect on the date of enactment of this subsection). 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.— 
‘‘(A) PROCESS.—Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), 
in the case of a State with which the Administrator has 
entered into a cooperative agreement under section 
9003(h)(7)(A), the Administrator shall distribute funds from 
the Trust Fund to the State using an allocation process 
developed by the Administrator. 
‘‘(B) DIVERSION OF STATE FUNDS.—The Administrator 
shall not distribute funds under subparagraph (A)(iii) of 
subsection (f)(1) to any State that has diverted funds from