Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2733
Sponsor: Rep. Burr, Richard [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2003-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Appropriations
Authorization
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Directories
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Employee training
Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental law enforcement
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal installations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Governmental investigations
Groundwater
Hazardous wastes
Indian lands
Injunctions
Internet
Labor and Employment
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Licenses
Local laws
Minorities
Oxygenates
Petroleum storage
Presidential powers
Public records
Reformulated gasoline
Refuse and refuse disposal
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
State laws
Sunset legislation
Underground storage
Water Resources Development
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: 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.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House