I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gas Accessibility and 
Stabilization Act of 2011’’ or the ‘‘GAS Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF BOUTIQUE FUELS. 
Section 211(c)(4)(C) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7545(c)(4)(C)) is amended— 
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(1) in clause (ii)(II), by inserting ‘‘an unex-
pected problem with distribution or delivery equip-
ment that is necessary for the transportation or de-
livery of fuel or fuel additives,’’ after ‘‘equipment 
failure,’’; 
(2) by redesignating the second clause (v) (re-
lating to the authority of the Administrator to ap-
prove certain State implementation plans) as clause 
(vi); and 
(3) in clause (vi) (as redesignated by paragraph 
(2))— 
(A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘fuels ap-
proved under’’ and all that follows through the 
end of the subclause and inserting ‘‘fuels in-
cluded on the list published under subclause 
(II) (including any revisions to the list under 
subclause (III)).’’; 
(B) by striking subclause (III) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(III)(aa) The Administrator, after providing notice 
and an opportunity for comment, shall remove a fuel from 
the list published under subclause (II) if the Adminis-
trator determines that the fuel has ceased to be included 
in any State implementation plan or is identical to a Fed-
eral fuel formulation implemented by the Administrator. 
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‘‘(bb) On removing a fuel from the list under item 
(aa), the Administrator shall publish a revised list that 
reflects that removal.’’; and 
(C) by striking subclause (IV) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(IV) Nothing in subclause (I) or (V) limits the au-
thority of the Administrator to approve a control or prohi-
bition relating to any new fuel under this paragraph in 
a State implementation plan (or a revision to such a plan), 
if— 
‘‘(aa) the new fuel completely replaces a fuel on 
the list published under subclause (II) (including 
any revisions to the list under subclause (III)); and 
‘‘(bb) the Administrator, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Energy, publishes in the Federal 
Register, after providing notice and an opportunity 
for public comment, a determination that the control 
or prohibition will not cause any fuel supply or dis-
tribution interruption or have any significant ad-
verse impact on fuel producibility in the affected 
area or any contiguous area.’’. 
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