EXEMPTION FROM DIESEL FUEL DYEING REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN STATES.

SEC. 1801. EXEMPTION FROM DIESEL FUEL DYEING REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN STATES. (a) In General.— Section 4082 (relating to exemptions for diesel fuel) is amended by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: “(c) Exception to Dyeing Requirements.— Paragraph (2) of subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any diesel fuel— “(1) removed, entered, or sold in a State for ultimate sale or use in an area of such State during the period such area is exempted from the fuel dyeing requirements under subsection (i) of section 211 of the Clean Air Act (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this subsection) by the Administrator110 STAT. 1892 of the Environmental Protection Agency under paragraph (4) of such subsection (i) (as so in effect), and “(2) the use of which is certified pursuant to regulations issued by the Secretary.”. (b) Effective Date.— The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to fuel removed, entered, or sold on or after the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.