FUELS Act

Bill: 115-s-1207
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2017-05-23
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution

Energy storage, supplies, demand

Environmental regulatory procedures

Licensing and registrations

Motor fuels

Oil and gas

Water quality
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act or the FUELS Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 to require the Environmental Protection Agency, in implementing the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule (concerning oil pollution prevention) with respect to any farm, to:</p> <ul> <li>require certification by a professional engineer for a farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of more than 42,000 gallons (currently, 20,000 gallons); </li> <li>allow self-certification by the owner or operator of a farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of more than 10,000 gallons but less than 42,000 gallons (currently, of less than 20,000 gallons and more than the lesser of 6,000 gallons and the adjustment quantity established under such Act); and </li> <li>not require compliance with the rule by any farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of 10,000 gallons or less (currently, of more than 2,500 gallons and less than the lesser of 6,000 gallons and such adjustment quantity). </li></ul> <p>The rule&nbsp;shall apply&nbsp;to aboveground storage containers at farms on a separate parcel that have an individual capacity of not more than 1,320 gallons (currently, 1,000 gallons) and an aggregate capacity of not more than 3,000 gallons (currently, 2,500 gallons).</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1207 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 23, 2017 Mrs. Fischer (for herself, Mr. Risch , Mr. Boozman , Mr. Wicker , Mrs. Ernst , Mr. Moran , Mr. Sasse , Mr. Hoeven , and Mr. Roberts ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 with respect to the application of the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule to certain farms, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act or the FUELS Act . 2. Applicability of spill prevention, control, and countermeasure rule Section 1049 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 ( 33 U.S.C. 1361 note; 128 Stat. 1257; 130 Stat. 1902) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking 20,000 and inserting 42,000 ; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: (A) an aggregate aboveground storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons but less than 42,000 gallons; and ; (C) in paragraph (3)— (i) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: (A) with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of less than or equal to 10,000 gallons; and ; and (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ; and and inserting a period; and (D) by striking paragraph (4); (2) in subsection (c)(2)(A)— (A) in clause (i), by striking 1,000 and inserting 1,320 ; and (B) in clause (ii), by striking 2,500 and inserting 3,000 ; and (3) by striking subsection (d).