,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #djgj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #bb1    
#bjbd,mr4 ,tester 7for himself and ,mr4 
,young7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,environment and ,public 
,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,clean 
,air ,act to modify the definition of   
small refinery for purposes of the      
,renewable ,fuel ,program1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,supporting ,energy 
in ,rural ,america ,act4  #b4 ,small    
refineries under the ,clean ,air ,act   
7a7 ,definition of small refinery       
,section #baa7o77#a7 of the ,clean ,air 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gede7o77#a77 is    
amended by striking subparagraph 7,k7   
and inserting the following3  7,k7      
,small refinery ,the term small refinery
 means a refining company-- 7i7 for     
which the average aggregate daily crude 
oil throughput for a calendar year 7as  
determined by dividing the aggregate    

throughput for the calendar year by the 
number of days in the calendar year7    
produced by all refineries owned by that
 company1 including any subsidiaries of 
that company1 does not exceed #bjj1jjj  
barrels2 or  7ii7 that employs not more 
than #a1ejj employees4  4  7b7 ,small   
refinery exemption  7#a7 ,methodology   
required ,not later than #ahj days after
 the date of enactment of this ,act1 the
 ,secretary of ,energy shall develop    
methodology to be used by the           
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency for purposes of     
evaluating petitions submitted under    
section #baa7o77#i77;,b77i7 of the      
,clean ,air ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4         
#gede7o77#i77;,b77i774  7#b7 ,,caa      
amendment ,section #baa7o77#i77;,b7 of  
the ,clean ,air ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4     
#gede7o77#i77;,b77 is amended by        
striking clause 7ii7 and inserting the  
following3  7ii7 ,evaluation of         
petitions ,in evaluating a petition     
under clause 7i71 the ,administrator    

shall-- 7,i7 use methodology developed  
and approved by the ,secretary of       
,energy pursuant to section #b7;b77#a7  
of the ,supporting ,energy in ,rural    
,america ,act2 and  7,,ii7 in           
consultation with the ,secretary of     
,energy1 consider-- 7aa7 the findings of
 the study under subparagraph 7,a77ii72 
and  7bb7 other economic factors4  4