Bill > HR3909

This bill, known as the Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship (FUELS) Act, amends the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 to modify the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule, which regulates storage of oil and petroleum products. The bill changes the thresholds for farm fuel storage requirements, increasing the aggregate aboveground storage capacity threshold from 20,000 to 42,000 gallons for certain regulatory provisions. It creates new categories of farm fuel storage: farms with over 10,000 but less than 42,000 gallons will have one set of requirements, while farms with 10,000 gallons or less will have different, likely less stringent, regulations. Additionally, the bill adjusts specific measurement limits, such as increasing the allowable container size from 1,000 to 1,320 gallons and from 2,500 to 3,000 gallons. These changes are intended to provide more flexibility for farmers in managing their fuel storage while maintaining environmental safeguards, potentially reducing regulatory burden on smaller and medium-sized agricultural operations.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3909/all-info