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HR 2733 108th Congress House

Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act of 2003

Official title: To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to bring underground storage tanks into compliance with subtitle I of that Act, to promote cleanup of leaking underground… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to bring underground storage tanks into compliance with subtitle I of that Act, to promote cleanup of leaking underground storage tanks, to provide sufficient resources for such compliance and cleanup, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 1, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Aug 8, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
Jul 15, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 15, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 8, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act of 2003 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to distribute to States at least 80 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund to pay the reasonable costs incurred under cooperative agreements of: (1) certain corrective actions and compensation programs; (2) directly related administrative expenses; or (3) enforcement of State or local requirements regulating underground storage tanks (USTs). Allows undistributed funds to be used for enforcing UST regulations.

Requires the Administrator or a State with an approved program to require compliance inspections of USTs at least once every two years.

Directs the Administrator to publish operator training guidelines and States to develop and implement a training strategy consistent with stated requirements.

Authorizes the use of funds made available for the petroleum response program to carry out corrective actions with respect to methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) releases.

Requires implementation reports by any Federal or State agency responsible for USTs.

Authorizes a State or the Administrator to prohibit the delivery of regulated substances (motor fuels) to non-compliant tanks. Provides temporary relief for certain tanks in remote locations.

Includes underground storage tank systems and release response activity (as well as underground storage tanks) that are under Federal jurisdiction under the UST control and abatement requirements. Requires implementation reports by any Federal agency responsible for USTs which list the USTs and describe compliance actions.

Requires the Administrator and Indian Tribes to correct UST releases on Indian lands.

Permits States to establish requirements more stringent than the Federal requirements.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2 Republican 2
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Sessions, Pete
Texas · Nov 21, 2003
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Oct 1, 2003
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Sep 24, 2003
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Sep 23, 2003
RADANOVICH, GEORGE
· Jul 23, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2733: Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2733/
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"H.R. 2733: Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2733/.
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H.R. 2733, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2733/.
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