3.0.0 3231 2023-01-15T07:32:55Z 2023-01-15T07:32:55Z House H HR 2003-10-02 108 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif15 Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Referred to 2003-10-27T18:46:58Z Referred to 2003-10-02T14:02:10Z 2003-10-27 hsif15 Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. Committee 2003-10-02 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2003-10-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-10-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001036 Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23] LOIS CAPPS D CA 23 N W000215 Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] HENRY WAXMAN D CA A. 30 2003-10-02 True Environmental Protection Administrative procedure Appropriations Authorization Business records Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Directories Economics and Public Finance Electronic government information Employee training Energy Environmental Protection Agency Environmental law enforcement Federal aid to water pollution control Federal installations Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Fines (Penalties) Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government liability Government paperwork Government publicity Government trust funds Governmental investigations Groundwater Hazardous wastes Injunctions Internet Labor and Employment Law Liability for environmental damages Licenses Local laws Oxygenates Petroleum industry Petroleum storage Potable water Presidential powers Public records Recidivists Reformulated gasoline Refuse and refuse disposal Science, Technology, Communications Standards State laws Underground storage Water Resources Development Web sites Environmental Protection 00 2003-10-02 Introduced in House 2003-10-20T15:37:07Z Requires the Administrator or a State with an approved program to require compliance inspections of USTs at least once every two years.

Directs the Administrator to publish operator training guidelines and States to develop and implement a training strategy consistent with stated requirements.

Authorizes the use of funds made available for the petroleum response program to carry out corrective actions with respect to oxygenated fuel additive releases.

Subjects all USTs or tank systems under Federal jurisdiction to the same substantive and procedural requirements as apply to USTs generally. Waives sovereign immunity.

Allows trust funds to be used for enforcing UST regulations.

Requires compliance reports by any Federal or State agency responsible for USTs.

Prohibits the delivery of regulated substances (motor fuels) to non-compliant tanks. Provides temporary relief for certain tanks in remote locations.

Mandates that new or replacement USTs be secondarily contained and the space between the primary and secondary containment be monitored for leaks.

Imposes criminal penalties, requiring that fines be doubled for subsequent convictions.

Requires the publication via the Web of any confirmed releases or out-of-compliance USTs.

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Underground Storage Tank Reform and Compliance Act of 2003 Display Title Underground Storage Tank Reform and Compliance Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to bring underground storage tanks into compliance with subtitle I of that Act, to promote cleanup of leaking underground storage tanks, to provide sufficient resources for such compliance and cleanup, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Underground Storage Tank Reform and Compliance Act of 2003 Introduced in House 2003-10-02T04:00:00Z 2003-10-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.