Energy Policy Act of 2005

ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005 -- (House of Representatives - April 20, 2005)

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Mr. GILLMOR. I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time and for his great work on this bill.

Mr. Chairman, this country needs to create a new energy landscape that begins shrinking our disproportionate reliance on foreign energy sources and begins building one that places American ingenuity, producers and consumers at the forefront.

I want to highlight one provision and that is the provision that significantly strengthens the important Leaking Underground Storage Tank program. The bill increases State funding from the LUST trust fund for States containing a larger number of tanks or whose leaking tanks present a greater threat to groundwater, it requires onsite inspections of underground storage tanks every 3 years, it institutes operator training requirements for tank owners and operators, and the legislation allows States to stop deliveries of fuel to noncompliant regulated tanks in order to achieve legal enforcement.

These are all strong recommendations not only made by the General Accounting Office, but they have also been previously passed by the House. They are proenvironment, antipolluter provisions. I urge their support and the support of the bill.

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