,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcfd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #i1        
#bjag,mr4 ,sensenbrenner introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to authorize the            
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency1 at the request of a
 ,governor of a ,state1 to waive the    
reformulated gasoline prohibitions and  
requirements under section #baa7k7 of   
the ,clean ,air ,act with respect to the
 ,state or a portion of the ,state if   
the ,administrator determines that the  
price of gasoline is excessively high4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,,rfg ,modernization ,act of    
#bjag4  #b4 ,waiver of reformulated     
gasoline requirements where the price of
 gasoline is excessively high  7a7 ,in  
general ,subsection 7k7 of section #baa 
of the ,clean ,air ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4  
#gede7 is amended--  7#a7 by            
redesignating paragraph 7#aj7 as        

paragraph 7#aa72 and  7#b7 by inserting 
after paragraph 7#i7 the following3     
7#aj7 ,waivers  7,a7 ,in general ,at the
 request of the ,governor of a ,state1  
the ,administrator may waive the        
prohibitions and requirements otherwise 
applicable under this subsection with   
respect to the ,state or a portion of a 
,state if the ,administrator determines 
that the price of gasoline in such      
,state or portion is excessively high4  
7,b7 ,considerations ,in making a       
determination described in subparagraph 
7,a71 the ,administrator shall          
consider-- 7i7 the price of a gallon of 
conventional gasoline1 the price of a   
gallon of reformulated gasoline1 and the
 difference between the two1 both in raw
 dollars and as a percentage1 in such   
,state or portion2 and  7ii7 such other 
factors as the ,administrator determines
 appropriate4  7,c7 ,process ,on receipt
 of a request from a ,governor for a    
waiver under subparagraph 7,a71 the     
,administrator shall--  7i7 issue such  

waiver if the ,administrator finds that 
the standard described in subparagraph  
7,a7 is met2 or  7ii7 publish an        
explanation of why such standard is not 
met4  7,d7 ,duration2 renewal ,a waiver 
under this paragraph--  7i7 shall be for
 a period of not more than #db days2 and
  7ii7 may be renewed4  4  7b7          
,technical correction ,subparagraphs    
7,e7 and 7,f7 of section #baa7k77#aa7 of
 the ,clean ,air ,act1 as redesignated  
by subsection 7a71 are amended by moving
 the margins of such subparagraphs #b   
ems to the right4