S. 496
FUELS Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sponsor
Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]
Bill Details
- Update Date
- Nov 15, 2022
- Origin Chamber
- Senate
- Bill Type
- S
- Bill Number
- 496
- Congress
- 113
- Introduced Date
- Mar 7, 2013
- Policy Area
- Environmental Protection
- Is Law
- No
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Source: Senate
Introduced in Senate
Source: Library of Congress
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 reportable oil discharge history; 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 reportable oil discharge history of oil. 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 reportable oil discharge history.
Excludes from the aggregate storage capacity of a farm all containers on separate parcels that have a capacity of less than 1,320 gallons.
Environment and Public Works Committee
Introduced in Senate
Mar 7, 2013