S.Amdt. 5145

1. Adds TITLE _--REFINERY STREAMLINING at the end of the bill

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   In S. 3268 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   (b) Report.--If the Commission decides not to use the procedures described in subsection (a) in a specific instance, not later than 30 days after the date of the decision, the Commission shall submit to Congress a detailed report that describes in each instance the reasons for not using the procedures.

   Inserted: TITLE _--REFINERY STREAMLINING

   Inserted: SEC. _01. DEFINITIONS.

   Inserted: In this title:

   Inserted: (1) Administrator.--The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

   Inserted: (2) Applicant.--The term "applicant" means a person who is seeking a Federal refinery authorization.

   Inserted: (3) Biomass.--The term "biomass" has the meaning given that term in section 932(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16232(a)).

   Inserted: (4) Federal refinery authorization.--

   Inserted: (A) In general.--The term "Federal refinery authorization" means any authorization required under Federal law, whether administered by a Federal or State administrative agency or official, with respect to expansion or operation of a refinery.

   Inserted: (B) Inclusion.--The term "Federal refinery authorization" includes any permits, licenses, special use authorizations, certifications, opinions, or other approvals required under Federal law with respect to expansion or operation of a refinery.

   Inserted: (5) Refinery.--The term "refinery" means--

   Inserted: (A) a facility designed and operated to receive, load, unload, store, transport, process, and refine crude oil by any chemical or physical process, including distillation, fluid catalytic cracking, hydrocracking, coking, alkylation, etherification, polymerization, catalytic reforming, isomerization, hydrotreating, blending, and any combination thereof, in order to produce gasoline or distillate;

   Inserted: (B) a facility designed and operated to receive, load, unload, store, transport, process, and refine coal by any chemical or physical process, including liquefaction, in order to produce gasoline or diesel as the primary output; or

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   Inserted: (C) a facility designed and operated to receive, load, unload, store, transport, process (including biochemical, photochemical, and biotechnology processes), and refine biomass in order to produce biofuel.

   Inserted: (6) State.--The term "State" means--

   Inserted: (A) a State;

   Inserted: (B) the District of Columbia;

   Inserted: (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and

   Inserted: (D) any other territory or possession of the United States.

   Inserted: SEC. _02. STATE ASSISTANCE.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--At the request of a governor of a State, the Administrator is authorized to provide financial assistance to the State to facilitate the hiring of additional personnel to assist the State with expertise in fields relevant to consideration of Federal refinery authorizations.

   Inserted: (b) Other Assistance.--At the request of a governor of a State, a Federal agency responsible for a Federal refinery authorization shall provide technical, legal, or other nonfinancial assistance to the State to facilitate the consideration of the State of Federal refinery authorizations.

   Inserted: SEC. _03. REFINERY PROCESS COORDINATION AND PROCEDURES.

   Inserted: (a) Appointment of Federal Coordinator.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--The President shall appoint a Federal coordinator to perform the responsibilities assigned to the Federal coordinator under this Act.

   Inserted: (2) Other agencies.--Each Federal and State agency or official required to provide a Federal refinery authorization shall cooperate with the Federal coordinator.

   Inserted: (b) Federal Refinery Authorizations.--

   Inserted: (1) Meeting participants.--

   Inserted: (A) In general.--Not later than 30 days after receiving a notification from an applicant that the applicant is seeking a Federal refinery authorization pursuant to Federal law, the Federal coordinator appointed under subsection (a) shall convene a meeting of representatives from all Federal and State agencies responsible for a Federal refinery authorization with respect to the refinery.

   Inserted: (B) Identification.--The governor of a State shall identify each agency of the State that is responsible for a Federal refinery authorization with respect to that refinery.

   Inserted: (2) Memorandum of agreement.--

   Inserted: (A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after receipt of a notification described in paragraph (1), the Federal coordinator and the other participants at a meeting convened under that paragraph shall establish a memorandum of agreement that describes the most expeditious coordinated schedule possible for completion of all Federal refinery authorizations with respect to the refinery, consistent with the full substantive and procedural review required by Federal law.

   Inserted: (B) Schedule accommodation.--If a Federal or State agency responsible for a Federal refinery authorization with respect to the refinery is not represented at a meeting convened under paragraph (1), the Federal coordinator shall ensure that the schedule accommodates those Federal refinery authorizations, consistent with Federal law.

   Inserted: (C) Priority.--In the event of a conflict among Federal refinery authorization scheduling requirements, the requirements of the Administrator shall be given priority.

   Inserted: (D) Publication.--Not later than 15 days after completing the memorandum of agreement, the Federal coordinator shall publish the memorandum of agreement in the Federal Register.

   Inserted: (E) Implementation.--The Federal coordinator shall--

   Inserted: (i) ensure that all parties to the memorandum of agreement are working in good faith to carry out the memorandum of agreement; and

   Inserted: (ii) facilitate the maintenance of the schedule established in the memorandum of agreement.

   Inserted: (c) Consolidated Record.--

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