Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/33/1361?qt-us_code_tabs=3
Timestamp: 2016-02-11 13:35:54
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§\u202f501', '§\u202f2', '§\u202f501', '§\u202f1049', 'art 112', 'art 112', '§\u202f9', '§\u202f2']

(June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title V, § 501, as added Pub. L. 92–500, § 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 885; amended Pub. L. 100–4, title V, § 501, Feb. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 75.)
Pub. L. 113–121, title I, § 1049, June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1257, provided that:
“(2)Farm.—
The term ‘farm’ has the meaning given the term in section 112.2 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).
“(3)Gallon.—
The term ‘gallon’ means a United States gallon.
“(4)Oil.—
The term ‘oil’ has the meaning given the term in section 112.2 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).
“(5)Oil discharge.—
The term ‘oil discharge’ has the meaning given the term ‘discharge’ in section 112.2 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).
“(A)In general.—Subject to subparagraph (B), the term ‘reportable oil discharge history’ means a single oil discharge, as described in section 112.1(b) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (including successor regulations), that exceeds 1,000 gallons or 2 oil discharges, as described in section 112.1(b) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (including successor regulations), that each exceed 42 gallons within any 12-month period—
in the 3 years prior to the certification date of the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure plan (as described in section 112.3 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (including successor regulations); or
since becoming subject to part 112 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, if the facility has been in operation for less than 3 years.
“(B)Exclusions.—
The term ‘reportable oil discharge history’ does not include an oil discharge, as described in section 112.1(b) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (including successor regulations), that is the result of a natural disaster, an act of war, or terrorism.
“(7)Spill prevention, control, and countermeasure rule.—
The term ‘Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule’ means the regulation, including amendments, promulgated by the Administrator under part 112 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).
“(b)Certification.—In implementing the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to any farm, the Administrator shall—
a reportable oil discharge history; or
6,000 gallons; and
the adjustment quantity established under subsection (d)(2); and
no reportable oil discharge history; and
not require compliance with the rule by any farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of less than 2,500 gallons.
“(c)Calculation of Aggregate Aboveground Storage Capacity.—For purposes of subsection (b), the aggregate aboveground storage capacity of a farm excludes—
all containers on separate parcels that have a capacity that is 1,000 gallons or less; and
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act [June 10, 2014], the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall conduct a study to determine the appropriate exemption under paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b), which shall be not more than 6,000 gallons and not less than 2,500 gallons, based on a significant risk of discharge to water.
“(2)Adjustment.—
Not later than 18 months after the date on which the study described in paragraph (1) is complete, the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall promulgate a rule to adjust the exemption levels described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b) in accordance with the study.”
Pub. L. 92–500, § 9, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 899, authorized the President, acting through the Attorney General, to study the feasibility of establishing a separate court or court system with jurisdiction over environmental matters and required him to report the results of his study, together with his recommendations, to Congress not later than one year after Oct. 18, 1972.
Pub. L. 89–234, § 2(b)–(k), Oct. 2, 1965, 79 Stat. 904, 905, authorized the transfer of certain commissioned officers of the Public Health Service to classified positions in the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, now the Environmental Protection Agency, where such transfer was requested within six months after the establishment of the Administration and made certain administrative provisions relating to pension and retirement rights of the transferees, sick leave benefits, group life insurance, and certain other miscellaneous provisions.