42 U.S.C. § 15951 — Findings and definitions

submitted 21 years ago by Pub. L. 109-58 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 208 words · no verdicts yet

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Congress finds that the U.S. needs more petroleum refining capacity to reduce reliance on imports, and that better coordinated federal-state permitting could help build new refineries. The section defines 'Administrator' as the EPA head and 'State' to include Puerto Rico and U.S. territories.

(a) Findings: Congress finds that (1) it helps the country to increase refining capacity for gasoline, heating oil, diesel, jet fuel, kerosene, and petrochemical feedstocks anywhere in the U.S., to supply more to American consumers; (2) U.S. demand for refined petroleum products is greater than the country's refining capacity; (3) imports have made up this gap; (4) because of this lack of capacity, imports of refined products are expected to grow from 7.9% to 10.7% of total supply by 2025; (5) refiners still face heavy environmental regulation and new Clean Air Act requirements over the next decade; and (6) better coordinated federal and state permit reviews could help new refineries get sited and built to meet U.S. demand. (b) Definitions: In this part, (1) "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (2) "State" means (A) a state, (B) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and (C) any other U.S. territory or possession.

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(a) Findings

Congress finds that—

(1)

it serves the national interest to increase petroleum refining capacity for gasoline, heating oil, diesel fuel, jet fuel, kerosene, and petrochemical feedstocks wherever located within the United States, to bring more supply to the markets for the use of the American people;

(2)

United States demand for refined petroleum products currently exceeds the country’s petroleum refining capacity to produce such products;

(3)

this excess demand has been met with increased imports;

(4)

due to lack of capacity, refined petroleum product imports are expected to grow from 7.9 percent to 10.7 percent of total refined product by 2025;

(5)

refiners are still subject to significant environmental and other regulations and face several new requirements under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) over the next decade; and

(6)

better coordination of Federal and State regulatory reviews may help facilitate siting and construction of new refineries to meet the demand in the United States for refined products.

(b) Definitions

In this part:

(1) Administrator

The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

(2) State

The term “State” means—

(A)

a State;

(B)

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and

(C)

any other territory or possession of the United States.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 109–58, title III, § 391, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 748.)

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2005Enacted · Pub. L. 109-58 · 119 Stat. 748

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