Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Gas Accessibility and Stabilization Act of 2013”.
Gas Accessibility and Stabilization Act of 2013
A BILL
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Energy to conduct a fuel system requirements harmonization study, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Expansion of waiver authority
Section 211(c)(4)(C) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(c)(4)(C)) is amended—
in clause (ii)(II), by inserting “a problem with distribution or delivery equipment that is necessary for the transportation or delivery of fuel or fuel additives,” after “equipment failure,”;
in clause (iii)(II), by inserting “(except that the Administrator may extend the effectiveness of a waiver for more than 20 days if the Administrator determines that the conditions under clause (ii) supporting a waiver determination will exist for more than 20 days)” before the semicolon at the end;
by redesignating the second clause (v) (relating to the authority of the Administrator to approve certain State implementation plans) as clause (vi); and
by adding at the end the following:
“(vii) Presumptive approval—Notwithstanding any other provision of this subparagraph, if the Administrator does not approve or deny a request for a waiver under this subparagraph within 3 days after receipt of the request, the request shall be considered to be approved as received by the Administrator and the applicable fuel standards shall be waived for the period of time requested.”
Sec. 3 Fuel system requirements harmonization study
Section 1509 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–58; 119 Stat. 1083) is amended—
in subsection (a)—
in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting “biofuels,” after “oxygenated fuel,”; and
in paragraph (2)(G), by striking “Tier II” and inserting “Tier III”; and
in subsection (b)(1), by striking “2008” and inserting “2014”.