FUELS Act

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

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 that is less than 1,320 gallons.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 311 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 311

 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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 18, 2013

Mr. Crawford (for himself, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Jones, Mr. 
    Ribble, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Stockman, Mr. Terry, Mr. Austin Scott of 
  Georgia, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. 
 Fincher, Mr. Hultgren, Mr. Latta, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Denham, 
 Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Womack, Mr. Cole, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Mr. 
   Michaud, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Carter, Mr. 
 Graves of Missouri, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Thompson of 
 Mississippi, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Barletta, Mr. Peterson, Mr. DesJarlais, 
  Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Poe of Texas) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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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) In General.--The Administrator, in implementing the Spill 
Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to any farm, 
shall--
            (1) require certification of compliance with such 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 such 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.
    (b) Calculation of Aggregate Aboveground Storage Capacity.--For the 
purposes of subsection (a), 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.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the following terms apply:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
            (2) Farm.--The term ``farm'' has the meaning given such 
        term in section 112.2 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.
            (3) Gallon.--The term ``gallon'' refers to 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.
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