US Congress Senate Bill 1702 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)
Status: Introduced on October 13 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-10-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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 a storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons, an aggregate storage capacity of at least 42,000 gallons, or a history that includes a spill; or (2) the owner or operator of the farm (via self-certification) for a farm with an aggregate 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 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.

A bill to provide that the rules of the Environmental Protection Agency entitled "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines" have no force or effect with respect to existing stationary compression and spark ignition reciprocating internal combustion engines operated by certain persons and entities for the purpose of generating electricity or operating a water pump.

Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]

Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]

Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]

Sen. John Thune [R-SD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-10-13	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

HB3185 (Same As) 2011-10-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
HB3616 (Related) 2011-12-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1702/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s1702/BILLS-112s1702is.pdf