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S. 496 (113th)

FUELS Act

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Introduced

7 March 2013

Last action

7 March 2013 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Sponsors

Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR], Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK], Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE], Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR], Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS], Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE], Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX], Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND], Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA], Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA], Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA], Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]

Subjects

Environment, Agriculture

Source updated

12 August 2025

Environment · Agriculture

Summary

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 reportable oil discharge history; 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 reportable oil discharge history of oil. 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 reportable oil discharge history. Excludes from the aggregate storage capacity of a farm all containers on separate parcels that have a capacity of less than 1,320 gallons.

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Timeline

  1. 7 March 2013

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 7 March 2013

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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