Protect Consumers from Reallocation Costs Act

Summary#

This bill changes part of the Clean Air Act that covers the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). It bars the Environmental Protection Agency (the Administrator) from reallocating renewable fuel obligations that apply to a small refinery when that refinery receives an extension of a small refinery exemption. It also requires that, when counting a person's total gasoline or diesel production or imports for a year, the Administrator must include the gasoline or diesel refined by any small refinery owned or operated by that person that has an exemption extension.

What it means for you#

• If you own or operate a small refinery with an exemption extension, the fuel your refinery makes must be counted in your company’s total fuel volume for the year.
• The EPA may not shift the renewable fuel obligations tied to those small refineries onto other refiners or importers for that year.
• No publicly available information on direct effects on consumers or fuel prices is included in the bill text or metadata provided.

Expenses#

No publicly available information on federal costs, savings, or budgetary effects appears in the bill text or metadata provided.

Proponents' View#

The bill’s short title and sponsors indicate the intent to prevent reallocation of small-refinery obligations and to "protect consumers from reallocation costs." Sponsors introduced the bill to make those changes to the Clean Air Act.

Opponents' View#

No publicly available information on opposition, objections, or alternative views is included in the bill text or metadata provided.