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FUELS Act

USA116th CongressHR-8292| House 
| Updated: 9/18/2020
Eric A. "Rick" Crawford

Eric A. "Rick" Crawford

Republican Representative

Arkansas

Cosponsors (1)
Dan Newhouse (Republican)

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act or the FUELS Act This bill increases thresholds for requiring a farm to have a plan to address oil spills. Currently, regulations require a farm to have an oil spill control and prevention plan that is certified by a professional engineer if the farm's aboveground oil storage capacity is above a certain threshold or if the farm has a reportable oil discharge history. A farm with lower aboveground storage capacity and no reportable history is either allowed to self-certify its plan or not required to have a plan at all, depending on the farm's storage capacity. Under the bill, the Environmental Protection Agency must require a farm to have a professionally certified plan if the farm has an aggregate aboveground oil storage capacity of 40,000 gallons or more, whereas the current threshold is 20,000 gallons. The bill also raises the aggregate capacity thresholds at which a farm with no reportable oil discharge history may self-certify its plan or is not required to have a plan. The bill also limits when a farm's aboveground oil storage containers on separate parcels shall count toward the farm's oil storage capacity for the purposes of these thresholds.
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Timeline
Sep 17, 2020
Introduced in House
Sep 17, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Sep 18, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
  • September 17, 2020
    Introduced in House


  • September 17, 2020
    Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.


  • September 18, 2020
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Environmental Protection

Agricultural conservation and pollutionEnergy storage, supplies, demandEnvironmental regulatory proceduresFarmlandMotor fuelsOil and gasPollution liabilityWater quality

FUELS Act

USA116th CongressHR-8292| House 
| Updated: 9/18/2020
Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act or the FUELS Act This bill increases thresholds for requiring a farm to have a plan to address oil spills. Currently, regulations require a farm to have an oil spill control and prevention plan that is certified by a professional engineer if the farm's aboveground oil storage capacity is above a certain threshold or if the farm has a reportable oil discharge history. A farm with lower aboveground storage capacity and no reportable history is either allowed to self-certify its plan or not required to have a plan at all, depending on the farm's storage capacity. Under the bill, the Environmental Protection Agency must require a farm to have a professionally certified plan if the farm has an aggregate aboveground oil storage capacity of 40,000 gallons or more, whereas the current threshold is 20,000 gallons. The bill also raises the aggregate capacity thresholds at which a farm with no reportable oil discharge history may self-certify its plan or is not required to have a plan. The bill also limits when a farm's aboveground oil storage containers on separate parcels shall count toward the farm's oil storage capacity for the purposes of these thresholds.
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Timeline
Sep 17, 2020
Introduced in House
Sep 17, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Sep 18, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
  • September 17, 2020
    Introduced in House


  • September 17, 2020
    Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.


  • September 18, 2020
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Eric A. "Rick" Crawford

Eric A. "Rick" Crawford

Republican Representative

Arkansas

Cosponsors (1)
Dan Newhouse (Republican)

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee

Environmental Protection

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Agricultural conservation and pollutionEnergy storage, supplies, demandEnvironmental regulatory proceduresFarmlandMotor fuelsOil and gasPollution liabilityWater quality