HR 311 113th Congress House Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Agricultural conservation and pollution Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental regulatory procedures Oil and gas Water quality

FUELS Act

Introduced: January 18, 2013 Introduced by: Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov

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Mar 12, 2014

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Mar 11, 2014

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2264-2265)

Mar 11, 2014

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2264-2265)

Mar 11, 2014

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 311.

Mar 11, 2014

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2264-2266)

Mar 11, 2014

Mr. Crawford moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. (consideration: CR H2264)

Mar 6, 2014

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 279.

Mar 6, 2014

Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-375.

Oct 29, 2013

Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

Oct 29, 2013

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Oct 29, 2013

Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Discharged.

Jan 21, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Jan 18, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Jan 18, 2013

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(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.

What's happening now March 12, 2014

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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