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S 4774 117th Congress Senate Environmental Protection

EASE Act of 2022

Introduced: August 4, 2022 Introduced by: Paul, Rand Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Aug 4, 2022
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ethanol Access for a Sustainable Economy Act of 2022 or the EASE Act of 2022

This bill revises the Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) requirements to provide for the year-round sale of ethanol-gasoline fuel blends that contain more than 10% denatured anhydrous ethanol. RVP is a metric of gasoline volatility (i.e., how quickly fuel evaporates into the atmosphere). Current law prohibits the sale of gasoline that exceed certain RVP limits during the high ozone season (i.e., the summer months). However, current law provides waivers from this requirement, including a waiver that gives certain ethanol-gasoline fuel blends containing 10% denatured anhydrous ethanol a higher RVP limit under certain conditions. This bill expands the waiver to include ethanol-gasoline fuel blends containing more than 10% of such ethanol, thus allowing year-round sales of such fuel blends.

What's happening now August 4, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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