INCREASED AUTHORITY FOR ENFORCEMENT.

SEC. 1502. INCREASED AUTHORITY FOR ENFORCEMENT. (a) State Law.— Section 204 of the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 2824) is amended to read as follows: 106 STAT. 2998 “relationship of this title to state law “Sec. 204. (a) To the extent that any provision of this title applies to any act or omission, no State or any political subdivision thereof may adopt or continue in effect, except as provided in subsection (b), any provision of law or regulation with respect to such act or omission, unless such provision of such law or regulation is the same as the applicable provision of this title. “(b) A State or political subdivision thereof may provide for any investigative or enforcement action, remedy, or penalty (including procedural actions necessary to carry out such investigative or enforcement actions, remedies, or penalties) with respect to any provision of law or regulation permitted by subsection (a).”. (b) FTC Enforcement.— Section 203(e) of such Act is amended by striking out except that” in the second sentence and all that follows through the period and inserting in lieu thereof a period. (c) EPA Enforcement.— Section 203(b)(1) of such Act is amended— (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking out “shall”; (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking out “conduct” and inserting in lieu thereof “may conduct”; (3) in subparagraph (B), by striking out “certify” and inserting in lieu thereof “shall certify”; (4) in subparagraph (C), by striking out “notify” and inserting in lieu thereof “shall notify”; and (5) in subparagraph (C), by striking out “discovered” and all that follows through “testing”.