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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 431 

To provide Federal assistance to assist an eligible State to purchase and 

install transfer switches and generators at designated emergency service 

stations in hurricane zones within such State. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 9, 2009 

Mr. POE of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To provide Federal assistance to assist an eligible State 

to purchase and install transfer switches and generators 

at designated emergency service stations in hurricane 

zones within such State. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Fueling 

5 Station Designation Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DESIGNATED EMERGENCY FUELING STATIONS. 

2 Title II of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

3 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5131) is amended 

4 by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 205. DESIGNATED EMERGENCY FUELING STATIONS. 

6 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In cooperation with eligible 

7 States, the Administrator shall establish a program to ad8 dress the shortage of fuel along hurricane evacuation 

9 routes by providing funds to such States to assist in the 

10 purchase and installation of transfer switches and genera11 tors at designated emergency fueling stations selected by 

12 an eligible State. 

13 ‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.—To receive Federal funds 

14 under this Act, an eligible State shall submit to the Ad15 ministrator an application at such time and containing 

16 such information as the Administrator may require. Such 

17 application shall also include the following information 

18 from a State: 

19 ‘‘(1) Identification of hurricane zones and evac20 uation routes for such zones in the State. 

21 ‘‘(2) The estimated number of designated and 

22 adjacent emergency fueling stations as determined 

23 necessary by such State using population figures 

24 along hurricane evacuation routes as a guide in se25 lecting such stations. 


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1 ‘‘(3) An assurance that a fueling station will 

2 not be selected as a designated emergency fueling 

3 station unless it has not less than 10 fueling posi4 tions and is located within 1 mile of a hurricane 

5 evacuation route. 

6 ‘‘(4) An assurance that the State will publish a 

7 notice to service stations regarding the application 

8 and registration processes necessary to become a 

9 designated emergency fueling station, which may in10 clude a requirement for reimbursement from a serv11 ice station of the non-Federal share of the purchase 

12 and installation of a transfer switch and generator. 

13 ‘‘(5) An assurance that each designated emer14 gency fueling station will have a generator that has 

15 the capability of running for 72 or more hours which 

16 shall only be used in the case of a hurricane in 

17 which a political subdivision of a State orders an 

18 evacuation. 

19 ‘‘(6) An assurance that the State will identify, 

20 through broadcast and electronic means, the loca21 tions of designated and adjacent emergency fueling 

22 stations. 

23 ‘‘(7) An assurance that the State will designate 

24 adjacent emergency fueling stations located within 1 

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1 ability of fuel if a designated emergency fueling sta2 tion is unavailable. 

3 ‘‘(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—Subject to the availability of 

4 appropriations, the Administrator shall make available to 

5 an eligible State that applies for funds under subsection 

6 (b)— 

7 ‘‘(1) in the case of designated emergency fuel8 ing stations selected by such State, 50 percent of the 

9 cost for the purchase and installation of transfer 

10 switches and generators for such stations; and 

11 ‘‘(2) in the case of adjacent emergency fueling 

12 stations selected by such State, 30 percent of the 

13 cost for the purchase and installation of transfer 

14 switches and generators for such stations. 

15 ‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section the following defi16 nitions apply: 

17 ‘‘(1) the term ‘eligible State’ means— 

18 ‘‘(A) Alabama; 

19 ‘‘(B) Florida; 

20 ‘‘(C) Georgia; 

21 ‘‘(D) Louisiana; 

22 ‘‘(E) Mississippi; 

23 ‘‘(F) North Carolina; 

24 ‘‘(G) South Carolina; 

25 ‘‘(H) Texas; and 


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1 ‘‘(I) Virginia; and 

2 ‘‘(2) The term ‘evacuation route’ means the 

3 route used when departing before or returning after 

4 a hurricane in which a political subdivision of a 

5 State orders an evacuation. 

6 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There 

7 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

8 such sums as may be necessary.’’. 

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