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Version 81 · Passed House without amendment · Mar 11, 2014
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
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. Directs the Administrator to exempt from all requirements of such rule any farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of 10,000 gallons or less and no history of spills.
Excludes from the aggregate storage capacity of a farm all containers on separate parcels that have a capacity that is less than 1,320 gallons.
People & committees
Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] · R–AR
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2264-2265)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2264-2265)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 311.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2264-2266)
Mr. Crawford moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. (consideration: CR H2264)
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 279.
Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-375.
Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-375.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Discharged.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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