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‘‘SEC. 9011. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘In addition to amounts made available under section
2007(f), there are authorized to be appropriated from the
Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund, notwith-
standing section 9508(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986—
‘‘(1) 
to 
carry 
out 
section 
9003(h)(12),
$200,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, to remain available
until expended; and
‘‘(2) to carry out section 9010—
‘‘(A) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and
‘‘(B) $30,000,000 for fiscal years 2006
through 2010.’’.
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 1001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act
(42 U.S.C. prec. 6901) is amended by striking the
item relating to section 9010 and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘Sec. 9010. Release prevention and compliance.
‘‘Sec. 9011. Authorization of appropriations.’’.
(2) Section 9001(3)(A) of the Solid Waste Dis-
posal Act (42 U.S.C. 6991(3)(A)) is amended by
striking ‘‘sustances’’ and inserting ‘‘substances’’.
(3) Section 9003(f)(1) of the Solid Waste Dis-
posal Act (42 U.S.C. 6991b(f)(1)) is amended by
striking ‘‘subsection (c) and (d) of this section’’ and
inserting ‘‘subsections (c) and (d)’’.
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(4) Section 9004(a) of the Solid Waste Disposal
Act (42 U.S.C. 6991c(a)) is amended in the second
sentence by striking ‘‘referred to’’ and all that follows
and inserting ‘‘referred to in subparagraph (A) or
(B), or both, of section 9001(2).’’.
(5) Section 9005 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act
(42 U.S.C. 6991d) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘study
taking’’ and inserting ‘‘study, taking’’;
(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking
‘‘relevent’’ and inserting ‘‘relevant’’; and
(C) in subsection (b)(4), by striking
‘‘Evironmental’’ and inserting ‘‘Environmental’’.
SEC. 223. RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF MTBE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) since 1979, methyl tertiary butyl ether (re-
ferred to in this section as ‘‘MTBE’’) has been used
nationwide at low levels in gasoline to replace lead as
an octane booster or anti-knocking agent;
(2) Public Law 101–549 (commonly known as
the ‘‘Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990’’) (42 U.S.C.
7401 et seq.) established a fuel oxygenate standard
under which reformulated gasoline must contain at
least 2 percent oxygen by weight;
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(3) at the time of the adoption of the fuel oxygen-
ate standard, Congress was aware that—
(A) increased use of MTBE could result
from the adoption of that standard; and
(B) the use of MTBE would likely be needed
to implement that standard;
(4) Congress is aware that gasoline and its com-
ponent additives have leaked from storage tanks, with
consequences for water quality;
(5) the fuel industry responded to the fuel oxy-
genate standard established by Public Law 101–549
by making substantial investments in—
(A) MTBE production capacity; and
(B) systems to deliver MTBE-containing
gasoline to the marketplace;
(6) when leaked or spilled into the environment,
MTBE may cause serious problems of drinking water
quality;
(7) in recent years, MTBE has been detected in
water sources throughout the United States;
(8) MTBE can be detected by smell and taste at
low concentrations;
(9) while small quantities of MTBE can render
water supplies unpalatable, the precise human health
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effects of MTBE consumption at low levels are yet un-
known as of the date of enactment of this Act;
(10) in the report entitled ‘‘Achieving Clean Air
and Clean Water: The Report of the Blue Ribbon
Panel on Oxygenates in Gasoline’’ and dated Sep-
tember 1999, Congress was urged—
(A) to eliminate the fuel oxygenate stand-
ard;
(B) to greatly reduce use of MTBE; and
(C) to maintain the environmental perform-
ance of reformulated gasoline;
(11) Congress has—
(A) reconsidered the relative value of MTBE
in gasoline; and
(B) decided to eliminate use of MTBE as a
fuel additive;
(12) the timeline for elimination of use of MTBE
as a fuel additive must be established in a manner
that achieves an appropriate balance among the goals
of—
(A) environmental protection;
(B) adequate energy supply; and
(C) reasonable fuel prices; and
(13) it is appropriate for Congress to provide
some limited transition assistance—
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(A) to merchant producers of MTBE who
produced MTBE in response to a market created
by the oxygenate requirement contained in the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.); and
(B) for the purpose of mitigating any fuel
supply problems that may result from elimi-
nation of a widely-used fuel additive.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are—
(1) to eliminate use of MTBE as a fuel oxygen-
ate; and
(2) to provide assistance to merchant producers
of MTBE in making the transition from producing
MTBE to producing other fuel additives.
(c) AUTHORITY FOR WATER QUALITY PROTECTION
FROM FUELS.—Section 211(c) of the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7545(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(A)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘fuel or fuel additive or’’
after ‘‘Administrator any’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘air pollution which’’ and
inserting ‘‘air pollution, or water pollution,
that’’;
(2) in paragraph (4)(B), by inserting ‘‘or water
quality protection,’’ after ‘‘emission control,’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following: