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FUELS Act

USA118th CongressHR-3763| House 
| Updated: 6/1/2023
Eric A. "Rick" Crawford

Eric A. "Rick" Crawford

Republican Representative

Arkansas

Cosponsors (2)
David Rouzer (Republican)Sam Graves (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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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-8292
FUELS Act

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 117-6765
FUELS Act
May 31, 2023
Introduced in House
May 31, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jun 1, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-8292
    FUELS Act


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 117-6765
    FUELS Act


  • May 31, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • May 31, 2023
    Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.


  • June 1, 2023
    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

USA118th CongressHR-3763| House 
| Updated: 6/1/2023
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

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-8292
FUELS Act

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 117-6765
FUELS Act
May 31, 2023
Introduced in House
May 31, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jun 1, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-8292
    FUELS Act


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 117-6765
    FUELS Act


  • May 31, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • May 31, 2023
    Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.


  • June 1, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Eric A. "Rick" Crawford

Eric A. "Rick" Crawford

Republican Representative

Arkansas

Cosponsors (2)
David Rouzer (Republican)Sam Graves (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