Renewable Fuel Standard Integrity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3006
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2019-05-23
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality

Alternative and renewable resources

Economic performance and conditions

Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Environmental regulatory procedures

Government information and archives

Motor fuels

Small business
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Renewable Fuel Standard Integrity Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill revises requirements for exemptions given to small refineries of crude oil under the renewable fuel program, which requires transportation fuel to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuel. Specifically, the bill establishes an annual deadline for petitions by small refineries for exemptions and subjects information in the petition to public disclosure requirements.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3006 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 23, 2019 Mr. Peterson (for himself, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota , Mr. Marshall , Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois , and Mr. Loebsack ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Renewable Fuel Standard Integrity Act of 2019 . 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. 3. Information in petition subject to public disclosure (a) In general Any information submitted 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, or any other Federal law or regulation. (b) 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 2021 or subsequent calendar years.