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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5778 
To facilitate the implementation of the Renewable Fuel Standard, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 20, 2010 
Mr. ROSS (for himself and Mr. SHIMKUS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To facilitate the implementation of the Renewable Fuel 
Standard, 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 ‘‘Renewable Fuels Mar-
keting Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. FUEL COMPATIBILITY WITH INFRASTRUCTURE. 
(a) COMPATIBILITY.—Subtitle I of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6991 et seq.) is amended as fol-
lows: 
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(1) By redesignating section 9014 as section 
9015. 
(2) By inserting after section 9013 the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 9014. COMPATIBILITY. 
‘‘(a) COMPATIBILITY WITH RENEWABLE FUELS.— 
‘‘(1) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of the Renewable Fuels Mar-
keting Act of 2010, the Administrator shall issue 
guidelines for determining whether underground 
storage tanks and associated dispensing equipment 
are compatible with any fuel or fuel additive that is 
authorized by the Administrator or by statute for 
use in a motor vehicle, nonroad vehicle, or engine. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—Guidelines issued under 
this subsection shall apply with respect to existing 
underground storage tanks and associated dis-
pensing equipment and with respect to new under-
ground storage tanks and associated dispensing 
equipment. 
‘‘(3) PREVIOUSLY
LISTED
AS
COMPATIBLE.— 
Underground storage tanks and associated dis-
pensing equipment that, as of the date of enactment 
of this section, have been listed by a nationally rec-
ognized testing laboratory as compatible with a fuel 
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SEC. 3. MISFUELING. 
(a) MISFUELING.—Section 211(g) of the Clean Air 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(g)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3)(A) Not later than one year after the date of en-
actment of the Renewable Fuels Marketing Act of 2010, 
the Administrator shall promulgate regulations that set 
forth requirements for the labeling of associated dis-
pensing equipment as the Administrator determines nec-
essary to prevent the introduction of any transportation 
fuel described in subparagraph (C) into a motor vehicle, 
nonroad vehicle, or engine that is not compatible with such 
transportation fuel. 
‘‘(B) A person selling a transportation fuel described 
in subparagraph (C) who complies with the regulations 
under subparagraph (A) shall not be liable, under any pro-
vision of this Act or any other provision of Federal or 
State law, for— 
‘‘(i) a self-service purchaser’s introduction of 
such a transportation fuel into a motor vehicle, 
nonroad vehicle, or engine that is not compatible 
with such transportation fuel; or 
‘‘(ii) the voiding of the manufacturer’s warranty 
of such a vehicle or engine from such introduction 
of such a transportation fuel. 
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‘‘(C) A transportation fuel described in this subpara-
graph is a fuel that contains a fuel or fuel additive that 
is authorized, after January 1, 2010, by the Administrator 
or by statute, for use in a motor vehicle, nonroad vehicle, 
or engine. 
‘‘(D) In this paragraph the term ‘associated dis-
pensing equipment’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 9014(d) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act.’’. 
(b) PENALTIES.—Section 211(d) of the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7545(d)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(g),’’ after 
‘‘or the regulations prescribed under subsection 
(c),’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘(g),’’ after 
‘‘of the regulations prescribed under subsections 
(c),’’. 
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