Renewable Fuel Standard Integrity Act of 2021
Bill: H.R.1113 | Sponsor: Rep. Craig, Angie (D-MN)
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
Renewable Fuel Standard Integrity Act of 2021
This bill revises requirements for exemptions from the renewable fuel standard (RFS) given to small refineries of crude oil. The existing RFS requires transportation fuel to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuel. The bill establishes an annual deadline for petitions by small refineries for exemptions from the RFS. In addition, the bill subjects information in the petition to public disclosure requirements.

To impose an annual deadline of June 1 for small refineries to submit 
  petitions for exemptions from the renewable fuel requirements under 
   section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)) based on 
                  disproportionate economic hardship.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Renewable Fuel Standard Integrity 
Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL DEADLINE FOR PETITIONS BY SMALL REFINERIES FOR 
              EXEMPTIONS FROM RENEWABLE FUEL REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Deadline.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
petitions under section 211(o)(9) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7545(o)(9)) for an exemption from the requirements of section 211(o)(2) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)) shall be submitted to the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency by June 1 of the 
year preceding the year when such requirements would otherwise be in 
effect.
    (b) Effect of Failure To Meet Deadline.--If a petition described in 
subsection (a) is not submitted by the deadline specified in such 
subsection, the petition shall be ineligible for consideration or 
approval.

SEC. 3. INFORMATION IN PETITION SUBJECT TO PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.

    (a) In General.--The information described in subsection (b) in any 
submission to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
by any person, including a small refinery, with respect to a petition 
under section 211(o)(9)(B) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7545(o)(9)(B))--
            (1) shall not be deemed to be a trade secret or 
        confidential information; and
            (2) shall be subject to public disclosure, notwithstanding 
        section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Described Information.--The information described in this 
subsection is--
            (1) the name of the small refinery requesting an extension 
        of an exemption;
            (2) the number of gallons of renewable fuel that will not 
        be contained in fuel pursuant to section 211(o)(2) of the Clean 
        Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)) as a result of the extension if 
        the extension is granted; and
            (3) the compliance year for which the extension is 
        requested.
    (c) Applicability.--Subsection (a) applies only with respect to 
information submitted with respect to a petition under section 
211(o)(9)(B) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(9)(B)) for 
calendar year 2023 or subsequent calendar years.
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