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Union Calendar No. 462 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3158 
[Report No. 112–643] 
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
change the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with 
respect to certain farms. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 12, 2011 
Mr. CRAWFORD (for himself, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. WALSH of Illinois, 
Mr. DENHAM, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. SMITH of 
Nebraska, Mr. TERRY, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. WESTMORE-
LAND, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. LATTA, Mr. COLE, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. 
FLEISCHMANN, Mr. ROSS of Arkansas, Mr. BERG, Mr. FINCHER, Mr. 
CARTER, and Mrs. EMERSON) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
AUGUST 1, 2012 
Additional sponsors: Mr. LONG, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. CANSECO, Mr. 
NUNNELEE, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. 
JONES, Mr. BOREN, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. REHBERG, Mr. KLINE, Mrs. MIL-
LER of Michigan, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. KISSELL, Mr. 
HULTGREN, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. CRAVAACK, Mr. 
BARLETTA, and Mr. MICHAUD 
AUGUST 1, 2012 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
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Countermeasure rule with respect to certain farms. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Farmers Undertake 
Environmental Land Stewardship Act’’ or the ‘‘FUELS 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY OF SPILL PREVENTION, CONTROL, 
AND COUNTERMEASURE RULE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in imple-
menting the Spill Prevention, Control, and Counter-
measure rule with respect to any farm, shall— 
(1) require certification of compliance with such 
rule by— 
(A) a professional engineer for a farm 
with— 
(i) an individual tank with a storage 
capacity greater than 10,000 gallons; 
(ii) an aggregate storage capacity 
greater than or equal to 42,000 gallons; or 
(iii) a history that includes a spill; or 
(B) the owner or operator of the farm (via 
self-certification) for a farm with— 
(i) an aggregate storage capacity 
greater than 10,000 gallons but less than 
42,000 gallons; and 
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(ii) no history of spills; and 
(2) exempt from all requirements of such rule 
any farm— 
(A) with an aggregate storage capacity of 
less than or equal to 10,000 gallons; and 
(B) no history of spills. 
(b) CALCULATION OF AGGREGATE STORAGE CAPAC-
ITY.—For the purposes of subsection (a), the aggregate 
storage capacity of a farm excludes all containers on sepa-
rate parcels that have a capacity that is less than 1,320 
gallons. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following terms apply: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(2) FARM.—The term ‘‘farm’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 112.2 of title 40, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
(3) GALLON.—The term ‘‘gallon’’ refers to a 
United States liquid gallon. 
(4) SPILL PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND COUN-
TERMEASURE RULE.—The term ‘‘Spill Prevention, 
Control, and Countermeasure rule’’ means the regu-
lation promulgated by the Environmental Protection 
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Agency under part 112 of title 40, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
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Union Calendar No. 462 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3158 
[Report No. 112–643] 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency to change the Spill Preven-
tion, Control, and Countermeasure rule with re-
spect to certain farms. 
AUGUST 1, 2012 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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