Sec. 3. Prohibition of authorization of higher ethanol blends
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Notwithstanding any provision of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. ), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not permit or authorize (including by granting a waiver through the fuels and fuel additives waiver process under section 211(f)(4) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7545(f)(4) )) the introduction into commerce of gasoline that— contains greater than 10-volume-percent ethanol; is intended for general use in conventional gasoline-powered onroad or nonroad vehicles or engines; and is not, on or before the date of enactment of this Act— registered in accordance with section 211(b) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7545(b) ); and lawfully sold in the United States.
Any waiver described in paragraph
(2)is repealed and shall have no force or effect. A waiver described in this paragraph— is a waiver granted pursuant to section 211(f)(4) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7545(f)(4) ) prior to the date of enactment of this Act that permits or authorizes the introduction into commerce of gasoline that contains greater than 10-volume-percent ethanol for general use in conventional gasoline-powered onroad or nonroad vehicles or engines; and includes the following: 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 published at 75 Fed. Reg. 68094 (November 4, 2010). 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 published at 76 Fed. Reg. 4662 (January 26, 2011). Paragraph
(1)shall not apply with respect to a waiver to the extent such waiver permits or authorizes the introduction into commerce of gasoline— that is described in paragraph (2)(A); and that is, on or before the date of enactment of this Act— registered in accordance with section 211(b) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7545(b) ); and lawfully sold in the United States. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall conduct, and submit to Congress the results of, a comprehensive study on— the effects of the introduction into commerce of an ethanol-gasoline blend described in subsection (b)(2)(A) on consumer products, including— onroad and nonroad vehicles; nonroad engines (such as lawn mowers); and any other applicable gasoline-powered vehicles, engines, and devices; the impact of an ethanol-gasoline blend described in subsection (b)(2)(A) on— engine performance of conventional gasoline-powered onroad and nonroad vehicles and nonroad engines; emissions from the use of the blend; and materials compatibility and consumer safety issues associated with the use of such blend (including the identification of insufficient data or information for some or all of such vehicles and engines with respect to each of the issues described in this subparagraph and subparagraphs
(A)and (B)); and the ability of wholesale and retail gasoline distribution infrastructure, including bulk storage, retail storage configurations, and retail equipment (including certification of equipment compatibility by independent organizations), to introduce such an ethanol-gasoline blend into commerce without widespread intentional or unintentional misfueling by consumers.
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- 75 FR 68094
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Sec. 3
Prohibition of authorization of higher ethanol blends
Fed. Reg.75 FR 68094
Fed. Reg.76 FR 4662
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