HR 3129 114th 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: July 21, 2015 Introduced by: Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov

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Jul 22, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Jul 21, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Jul 21, 2015

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act or the FUELS Act

This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ease the application of the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule on certain farms.

The rule requires certain non-transportation-related facilities to prevent, prepare, and respond to oil discharges that may reach navigable waters or adjoining shorelines. Among other requirements, the rule requires those facilities to: (1) certify compliance with their SPCC plans; and (2) based on the plan, construct containment facilities that would hold the contents of aboveground oil storage tanks if they should spill.

The bill increases the oil storage thresholds that necessitate compliance with those requirements by raising the aggregate aboveground oil storage capacity thresholds for: (1) farms required to have an SPCC plan, (2) farms that self-certify their SPCC plan, and (3) farms that require a certification of their SPCC plan from a professional engineer.

The bill also raises the aboveground oil storage capacity of containers that must be included in calculating the aggregate aboveground storage capacity.

What's happening now July 22, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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