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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5346 
To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to establish a program to provide 
reimbursement for the installation of alternative energy refueling systems. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 10, 2006 
Mr. MORAN of Kansas (for himself, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, and Mr. 
FORTENBERRY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to establish a pro-
gram to provide reimbursement for the installation of 
alternative energy refueling systems. 
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 ‘‘Alternative Energy Re-
fueling System Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. ALTERNATIVE ENERGY REFUELING SYSTEMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9003(h) of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6991b(h)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(13) ALTERNATIVE ENERGY REFUELING SYS-
TEMS.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) ALTERNATIVE ENERGY REFUEL-
ING
SYSTEM.—The term ‘alternative en-
ergy refueling system’ means a system 
composed of 1 or more underground stor-
age tanks, pumps, and pump fittings or 
other related infrastructure that is used to 
refuel motor vehicles with— 
‘‘(I) compressed natural gas; 
‘‘(II) E–85 ethanol; 
‘‘(III) a fuel described in section 
30C(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986; or 
‘‘(IV) any other alternative fuel, 
as determined by the Administrator. 
‘‘(ii) ELIGIBLE
ENTITY.—The term 
‘eligible entity’ means a refueling vendor or 
other person that is an owner or operator 
of a service station or other facility at 
which an alternative energy refueling sys-
tem is located or proposed to be located. 
‘‘(B) REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM.— 
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‘‘(i) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Adminis-
trator shall establish a program to provide 
to eligible entities, for each of the fiscal 
years 2007 through 2011, reimbursement 
from the Trust Fund of a portion of the 
costs of purchasing and installing 1 or 
more alternative energy refueling systems, 
including any alternative energy refueling 
system intended to replace a petroleum re-
fueling tank or system. 
‘‘(ii) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity 
that seeks to receive reimbursement de-
scribed in clause (i) shall submit to the 
Administrator an application by such time, 
in such form, and containing such informa-
tion as the Administrator shall prescribe. 
‘‘(iii) TIMING OF REIMBURSEMENT.— 
Not later than 30 days after the date on 
which the Administrator, in consultation 
with the appropriate State agency, verifies 
that an alternative energy refueling system 
for which reimbursement is requested by 
an eligible entity under this paragraph has 
been installed and is operational, the Ad-
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ministrator shall provide the reimburse-
ment to the eligible entity. 
‘‘(iv) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(I) PROHIBITION
ON
RECEIPT 
OF DUAL BENEFITS.—An eligible enti-
ty that receives a tax credit under sec-
tion 30C of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 for placing in service a 
qualified alternative fuel vehicle re-
fueling property (as defined in that 
section) may not receive any reim-
bursement under this paragraph for 
an alternative energy refueling system 
on the property if the cost of the al-
ternative energy refueling system was 
taken into consideration in calculating 
the tax credit. 
‘‘(II) NUMBER OF SYSTEMS.—An 
eligible entity may not receive reim-
bursement under this paragraph for 
more than 2 alternative energy refuel-
ing systems for each facility owned or 
operated by the eligible entity. 
‘‘(III) AMOUNT.—The amount of 
reimbursement provided for an alter-
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native energy refueling system under 
this paragraph shall not exceed the 
lesser of— 
‘‘(aa) the amount that is 30 
percent of the cost of the alter-
native energy refueling system; or 
‘‘(bb) $30,000. 
‘‘(IV) 
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT 
FROM
TRUST
FUND.—The Adminis-
trator shall use to provide reimburse-
ments under this paragraph an aggre-
gate amount from the Trust Fund for 
a fiscal year that does not exceed the 
lesser of— 
‘‘(aa) $70,000,000; or 
‘‘(bb) the amount of interest 
generated on amounts in the 
Trust Fund for the fiscal year. 
‘‘(V) 
FURTHER
APPROPRIA-
TION.—Reimbursement 
authorized 
under this paragraph shall be pro-
vided by the Administrator without 
further appropriation. 
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‘‘(C) NO EFFECT ON OTHER TRUST FUND 
PROJECTS, 
ACTIVITIES, 
OR
RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.— 
‘‘(i) OTHER TRUST FUND PROJECTS 
AND
ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out this 
paragraph, the Administrator shall not use 
funds from the Trust Fund that are obli-
gated for, or otherwise required to carry 
out, other projects and activities under this 
subsection. 
‘‘(ii) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Nothing in 
this paragraph affects any obligation of an 
owner or operator to comply with other 
provisions of this subtitle.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 9508(c) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
‘‘as in effect on’’ and all that follows through the end of 
the subsection and inserting ‘‘as amended by the Super-
fund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 and 
the Alternative Energy Refueling System Act of 2006’’. 
Æ 
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