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To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from approving the introduction into commerce of gasoline that contains greater than 10-volume-percent ethanol, and for other purposes.

S. 344 · 113th Congress · Feb 14, 2013 · Lineage

A BILL

Section 1 Prohibition of gasoline blends with greater than 10-volume-percent ethanol

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not, including by granting a waiver under section 211(f)(4) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(f)(4)), authorize or otherwise allow the introduction into commerce of gasoline containing greater than 10-volume-percent ethanol.

Sec. 2 Prohibition of waivers

(a)
In general— Any waiver granted under section 211(f)(4) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(f)(4)) before the date of enactment of this Act that allows the introduction into commerce of gasoline containing greater than 10-volume-percent ethanol for use in motor vehicles shall have no force or effect.
(b)
Certain waivers— The waivers described in subsection (a) include the following:
(1)
The waiver entitled, “Partial Grant and Partial Denial of Clean Air Act Waiver Application Submitted by Growth Energy To Increase the Allowable Ethanol Content of Gasoline to 15 Percent; Decision of the Administrator”, 75 Fed. Reg. 68094 (November 4, 2010).
(2)
The waiver entitled, “Partial Grant of Clean Air Act Waiver Application Submitted by Growth Energy To Increase the Allowable Ethanol Content of Gasoline to 15 Percent; Decision of the Administrator”, 76 Fed. Reg. 4662 (January 26, 2011).

Sec. 3 Misfueling rule

The portions of the rule entitled, “Regulation to Mitigate the Misfueling of Vehicles and Engines with Gasoline Containing Greater Than Ten Volume Percent Ethanol and Modifications to the Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline Programs”, 76 Fed. Reg. 44406 (July 25, 2011) to mitigate misfueling shall have no force and effect 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.