S. 3559 (112th): Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act

Introduced:
Sep 19, 2012 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
Sponsor:
Sen. Mark Pryor [D-AR]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:
This bill was re-introduced as S. 496 on Mar 07, 2013. See S. 496 for current action on this subject.

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Status

This bill was introduced on September 19, 2012, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Sep 19, 2012
Referred to Committee Sep 19, 2012
Cosponsors
4 cosponsors (3D, 1R) (show)
Committees

Senate Environment and Public Works

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Full Title

A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to change the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to certain farms.

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Last updated Sep 19, 2012.
3 pages

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9/19/2012--Introduced.
Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act or the FUELS Act - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in implementing the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to any farm, to require certification of compliance with such rule by:
(1) a professional engineer for a farm with an individual tank with an aboveground storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons, an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of at least 42,000 gallons, or a history that includes a spill, as determined by the Administrator; or
(2) the owner or operator of the farm (via self-certification) for a farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons but less than 42,000 gallons and no history of spills.
Exempts from all requirements of such rule any farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of at least 10,000 gallons and no history of spills.
Excludes all containers on separate parcels that have a capacity that is less than 1,320 gallons from the aggregate storage capacity of a farm.

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