To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to finalize a proposed rule to amend the spill prevention, control, and countermeasure rule to tailor and streamline the requirements for the dairy industry, and for other purposes.

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), within 30 days after this Act's enactment, to finalize the proposed rule entitled "Oil Pollution Prevention; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Rule Requirements--Amendments" to exempt certain milk containers and associated piping and appurtenance from the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure program. Prohibits the Administrator from taking regulatory action against dairy and dairy product producers, processors, handlers, and distributors related to such exemption until the effective date of the finalized rule.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 681 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 681

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
 finalize a proposed rule to amend the spill prevention, control, and 
 countermeasure rule to tailor and streamline the requirements for the 
                dairy industry, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2011

    Mrs. Miller of Michigan (for herself, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Latta, Mr. 
Courtney, Mr. Denham, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mr. Owens, Mrs. Emerson, 
   Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Huizenga of 
 Michigan, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Petri, Mr. Carter, and Mr. 
   Simpson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
 finalize a proposed rule to amend the spill prevention, control, and 
 countermeasure rule to tailor and streamline the requirements for the 
                dairy industry, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall finalize the proposed rule as published in the Federal Register 
on January 15, 2009, beginning on page 2461 of volume 74, entitled 
``Oil Pollution Prevention; Spill Prevention, Control, and 
Countermeasure Rule Requirements--Amendments'' to exempt certain milk 
containers and associated piping and appurtenance from the Spill 
Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure program.
    (b) Forbearance.--Until the effective date of the rule finalized 
under subsection (a), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency may not take regulatory action against dairy and dairy product 
producers, processors, handlers, and distributors under the oil 
pollution prevention regulation in part 112 of title 40, Code of 
Federal Regulations, related to the exemptions in such proposed rule.
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