115th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 with respect to the application of the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule to certain farms, and for other purposes.
March 27, 2017
Mr. Crawford (for himself, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Jones, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Long, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Hurd, Mr. Womack, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Harper, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Hudson, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Byrne, Mr. Bost, and Ms. Jenkins of Kansas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
To amend the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 with respect to the application of the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule to certain farms, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act” or the “FUELS Act”.
SEC. 2. Applicability of spill prevention, control, and countermeasure rule.
Section 1049 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 1361 note) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking “20,000” and inserting “42,000”;
(B) by amending paragraph (2)(A) to read as follows:
“(A) an aggregate aboveground storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons but less than 42,000 gallons; and”;
(i) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
“(A) with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of less than or equal to 10,000 gallons; and”; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking “; and” and inserting a period; and
(D) by striking paragraph (4);
(A) in clause (i), by striking “1,000” and inserting “1,320”; and
(B) in clause (ii), by striking “2,500” and inserting “3,000”; and
(3) by striking subsection (d).