S.Amdt. 2458

SA 2458. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 240, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:

SEC. 423. WAIVER FOR MID-LEVEL ETHANOL BLENDS.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:

(1) Administrator.--The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

(2) Mid-level ethanol blend.--The term “mid-level ethanol blend” means an ethanol-gasoline blend containing greater than 10 percent ethanol by volume that is for use in any conventional gasoline-powered onroad or nonroad vehicle or engine.

(3) Widespread use.--The term “widespread use” has the meaning given the term by the Administrator in accordance with the determination of the Administrator under section 202(a)(6) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521(a)(6)).

(b) Waiver Required.--No funds made available by this Act shall be used to approve the introduction into commerce of a mid-level ethanol blend until the fuels and fuel additives waiver process under section 211(f)(4) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(f)(4)) has been completed.

(c) Applicability.--The approval under subsection (b) shall apply--

(1) to all conventional gasoline-powered onroad and nonroad vehicles and engines and engines in use as of the date of the approval under that subsection; or

(2) if the Administrator certifies that the mid-level ethanol blend will not violate section 211(f)(4) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(f)(4)), to all conventional gasoline-powered onroad and nonroad vehicles and engines in widespread use in commerce as of the date of the certification by the Administrator.