Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act or the FUELS Act - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in implementing the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to any farm, to require certification of compliance with such rule by: (1) a professional engineer for a farm with an individual tank with an aboveground storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons, an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of at least 42,000 gallons, or a history that includes a spill, as determined by the Administrator; or (2) the owner or operator of the farm (via self-certification) for a farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons but less than 42,000 gallons and no history of spills. Directs the Administrator to exempt from all requirements of such rule any farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of 10,000 gallons or less and no history of spills.
Excludes from the aggregate storage capacity of a farm all containers on separate parcels that have a capacity of less than 1,320 gallons.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3559 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3559
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to
change the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with
respect to certain farms.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 19, 2012
Mr. Pryor (for himself, Mr. Tester, Mr. Conrad, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr.
Inhofe) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
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A BILL
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to
change the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with
respect to certain farms.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Farmers Undertake Environmental Land
Stewardship Act'' or the ``FUELS Act''.
SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY OF SPILL PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND COUNTERMEASURE
RULE.
(a) Definitions.--In this Act:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) Farm.--The term ``farm'' has the meaning given the term
in section 112.2 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or
successor regulations).
(3) Gallon.--The term ``gallon'' means a United States
liquid gallon.
(4) Spill prevention, control, and countermeasure rule.--
The term ``Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule''
means the regulation promulgated by the Environmental
Protection Agency under part 112 of title 40, Code of Federal
Regulations.
(b) Certification.--In implementing the Spill Prevention, Control,
and Countermeasure rule with respect to any farm, the Administrator
shall--
(1) require certification of compliance with the rule by--
(A) a professional engineer for a farm with--
(i) an individual tank with an aboveground
storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons;
(ii) an aggregate aboveground storage
capacity greater than or equal to 42,000
gallons; or
(iii) a history that includes a spill, as
determined by the Administrator; or
(B) the owner or operator of the farm (via self-
certification) for a farm with--
(i) an aggregate aboveground storage
capacity greater than 10,000 gallons but less
than 42,000 gallons; and
(ii) no history of spills, as determined by
the Administrator; and
(2) exempt from all requirements of the rule any farm--
(A) with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity
of less than or equal to 10,000 gallons; and
(B) no history of spills, as determined by the
Administrator.
(c) Calculation of Aggregate Aboveground Storage Capacity.--For
purposes of subsection (b), the aggregate aboveground storage capacity
of a farm excludes all containers on separate parcels that have a
capacity that is less than 1,320 gallons.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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