<x-charset ISO-8859-1>Minor update, the bill has been proposed, but not yet filed. Still time to derail this effort.
In a message dated 3/11/04 1:44:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Below is the text of a bill filed in Connecticut that will apparently > stifle > the development of biodiesel through the regulation of any production of the > fuel or any biodiesel mixes that could be sold or used in the state. This is > similar, but far worse than the misguided approach of the regulators in > California. For motivations unknown, these people are planning to ban the > sale of > anything more concentrated than B20, and even that may be illegal. The > problem is > that any blend of diesel and biodiesel must meet the specification for > diesel, > which is not possible at higher concentrations of biodiesel. This shows up > in > the viscosity and aromatics areas, and possibly others. The details are > buried in obscure California codes, and I haven't found them all out yet. > > Please note that homebrewers would be illegal under this regulations unless > they had approximately $850 of testing on every batch they produce. If a > single > quart of this fuel is produced, even for one's own use, it would be illegal > unless official testing was submitted to the government, certified by > corporate > officers, on a monthly basis. > > This bill has been filed and will soon be enacted. It will stop any > biodiesel > work in the state. > > > STATE OF CONNECTICUT > > "AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF BIODIESEL FUEL." > Connecticut Seal > > > Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly > convened Effective October 1, 2004 > (a) As used in this section, "biodiesel fuel" > means a diesel fuel substitute that is produced from nonpetroleum renewable > resources and "blended fuel" means a blend of biodiesel fuel and diesel > fuel. > (b) No person shall sell or offer for sale biodiesel fuel unless such fuel > meets the following > requirements: > (1) The sulfur content standards for diesel fuel set forth in title 13 of > the > California Code of > Regulations, section 2281; > (2) The aromatic hydrocarbon content of diesel fuel set forth in title 13 of > the California Code > of Regulations, section 2282; > (3) The requirements of the alternative fuel transportation program set > forth > in 10 CFR, Part 490; and > (4) The specifications established by the American Society for Testing and > Materials standard D6751, > the Standard Specification for Biodiesel Fuel. > (c) No person shall sell or offer for sale blended fuel unless such fuel > meets the following > requirements: > (1) The biodiesel fuel portion of the blended fuel meets the requirements > set > forth in subsection (b) of this section; > (2) The blended fuel meets > the specifications established by the American Society for Testing and > Materials > standard D975, the Standard Specification for Diesel Fuel Oils; and > (3) The blended fuel does not have a sulfur content of more than five > hundred > parts per million. > (d) Not later than the fifteenth day of each month, any person who produces > biodiesel fuel or blended > fuel in this state or produces biodiesel fuel or blended fuel for sale in > this > state shall provide to the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, on a > form > prescribed by the commissioner, the following information, by batch: > (1) For blended fuel, the percentage of biodiesel fuel within the blend; > (2) The volume of the biodiesel fuel or blended fuel; > (3) For biodiesel fuel or the biodiesel fuel portion of the blended fuel, > the > results of the analysis for > the parameters established by the American Society for Testing and Materials > standard D6751, the Standard Specification for Biodiesel Fuel; and > (4) For blended fuel, the results of the analysis of the diesel fuel portion > of the blended fuel for the > following parameters, as established by the American Society for Testing and > Materials standard D975, the Standard Specification for Diesel Fuel > Oils: > (A) Sulfur content; > (B) Aromatic hydrocarbon content; > (C) Cetane number; > (D) Specific gravity; > (E) American Petroleum Institute Gravity; and > (F) The temperatures at which ten per cent, fifty per cent and ninety per > cent of the diesel fuel boiled > off during distillation. > (e) The information contained in the form submitted pursuant to subsection > (d) of this section shall > be attested to as true by a corporate officer who is responsible for > operations > at the production facility. > (f) Any person who sells or offers for sale blended fuel shall label > dispensers at which the blended fuel is > dispensed in such a manner to notify other persons of the percentage of > biodiesel fuel in such blended fuel, by volume. > > This act shall take effect as follows: > Section 1 October 1, 2004 > Statement of Purpose: > To provide standards for the regulation of biodiesel fuel and biodiesel fuel > that > is blended with diesel fuel. < > Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are > indicated by > underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a > section > of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined. > > > > > ----------------------------- Homestead Inc. www.yellowbiodiesel.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ </x-charset>
