Fuel Supply Improvement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3836
Sponsor: Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2005-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Air pollution control
Alabama
Building construction
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Congress
Congressional oversight
Construction costs
Department of Energy
Department of the Interior
Emergency Management
Energy prices
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental assessment
Executive reorganization
Federal preemption
Federally-guaranteed loans
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Interest
Law
Legal fees
Legal services
Licenses
Louisiana
Maintenance and repair
Mississippi
Oil and gas royalties
Petroleum
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Small business
State laws
Subsidies
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: 
Fuel Supply Improvement Act of 2005 - Prescribes guidelines to expedite federal permitting procedures for construction or expansion of a domestic petroleum refining facility.
 
Applies such expedited permit procedures exclusively to permits under specified environmental protection statutes.
 
Directs the Secretary of Energy, upon applicant request, to provide direct legal representation to a refining facility applicant to defend against a lawsuit regarding the permit approval procedure, or facility construction or expansion, if the Secretary believes the lawsuit is without merit, is brought solely to delay facility completion, or will have the effect of delaying facility completion in a period when U.S. domestic refining capability is insufficient.
 
Instructs the Secretary to establish an office of regulatory assistance whose sole purpose is to assist applicants with permit applications, planning, and otherwise pursuing the construction or expansion of a domestic petroleum refining facility.
 
Grants the Secretary contracting authority with sponsors of new large-sized petroleum refining facilities.
 
Establishes in the Department of Energy the Refinery Standby Support Program Account and the Refinery Standby Support Grant Account to cover loan costs and costs resulting from certain construction delays.
 
Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide within new source review regulations that equipment replacement shall be considered routine maintenance and repair if it: (1) does not increase actual emissions of any air pollutant by more than 5%; and (2) does not increase actual emissions of any air pollutant by more than 40 tons per year.
 

 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to charge a discounted price in any sale to a qualified small refinery of crude oil obtained by the United States as royalty-in-kind.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Introduced in House