Who is this NBB? Are they a statutory Government body? or, are they an organization-for-profit? If they are a private body, then, how did they get this blanket rights to control the whole biodiesel industry? Do they make money out of this? Is it not wise on us to check who is behind this organization and how much of the Government involvement is there? I have a feeling NBB is a private body that has acquired rights from the Government to monitor the Biodiesel industry , and by doing so, make profit. If it is like that, then it is not fair and people have right not to comply with its requirement. We cannot honor a company and agree to follow its standards if that company is after making profit. NBB does not look like EPA.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Cc: <biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 4:59 PM Subject: [biofuels-biz] Fwd: NBB & Micro-Manufacture Revisited > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >From: "Appal Energy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 16:25:58 -0400 > >Subject: NBB & Micro-Manufacture Revisited was Re: [Biodiesel] Re: > >Why mix heating oil? > > > >Blane, > > > >It's not all as simple as that. > > > >The $5,000 annual membership fee for the NBB applies whether 1 > >gallon or 1,000,000 gallons is produced for on-road use. They create > >no sliding scale to accommodate micro-regional manufacture and small > >production levels. While their mission statement is to serve the > >biodiesel industry, they economically preclude the very sector of > >the industry that brought it to predominance prior to soy interests > >assuming title role. > > > >This should be more than a little disconcerting. > > > >Were the NBB to actively serve the best present day and future > >interests of the biodiesel industry as a whole and as it professes, > >rather than specific feedstock sectors or production levels, they > >would alter their membership requirements to include at minimum the > >following: > > > >1) Implement a reasonable sliding-scale membership fee, based upon > >annual production level. > > > >2) Authorize the use of independent auditors to check the books as > >needed to maintain each member's security of proprietary customer > >data, rather than such data being mandatorily available to the NBB > >specifically. The "audit clause" of membership is too broad and > >invasive as presently written. > > > >3) Establish a cost effective product analysis system that can > >afford small producers the opportunity to have their product's > >quality checked at least once or twice each fiscal year, rather than > >implementing a system that requires a "once in a lifetime" product > >analysis. > > > >4) Remove the bond forfeiture clause for non-members should the > >soybean councils not recover their Tier I & II checkoff dollar > >investment by May 25, 2015. Better still, remove the May 25, 2015 > >deadline entirely and open end it to accommodate whatever date these > >revenues are recovered, at which time all bonds will be returned in > >the manner prescribed by the bylaws. > > > >Were such simple measures implemented, there would be considerably > >more interest in, availability and consumption of biodiesel at all > >levels in a far shorter period than presently exists. > > > >It makes no good sense for the NBB and or soybean councils to "take > >the lead" and then excessively restrict micro-manufacture. All this > >can do is effectively stifle market demand on a national scale, > >which hinders the best interests of the soybean councils in both the > >short and long term. > > > >Todd Swearingen > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Blane Robinson > >To: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 12:24 AM > >Subject: Re: [Biodiesel] Re: Why mix heating oil? > > > >I wonder how many people in this group have actually done any research on > >the actual circumstances surrounding the Yellow controversy. I have. One can > >see why the government doesn't want unregulated fuel on the highways. You > >never know what you might get. That's the statement they use, anyway. Be > >that as it may, all the complaining we can do in our midst won't change the > >requirements that the government puts on producers of motor fuels. The > >requirements are this: If you are going to market a diesel related fuel, it > >has to meet the specifications for diesel fuel, in every way. If it doesn't, > >you're introducing a new fuel, and you have to have the Tier I and Tier II, > >and possibly Tier III health effects tests. > > > >The alternative to getting these tests is to align yourself with an > >organization that already has this health-effects data. The NBB is one such > >organization. Yellow Biodiesel was given the opportunity to join the NBB on > >numerous occasions, but chose not to. The price at that time was $2,500 per > >year. That's not outrageous. Many people make the NBB out to be some > >predatory, exclusionary organization, but in reality they offer a fairly > >low-cost way to meet the standards that the Federal government has imposed. > >It's also fairly easy to meet the requirements of the NBB. To be a member, > >you have to agree to register with the EPA,;which you have to do anyway, and > >the NBB helps you fill out the labyrinth of forms; you have to pay the > >$5,000 annual fee, and you have to agree to produce ASTM spec fuel. That's > >it. > > > >I think we should stop painting the NBB as the ogre in this situation until > >we have all the facts. > > > >Blane. > > > > Biofuels at Journey to Forever > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Biofuel at WebConX > http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm > 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/ > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Stock for $4 and no minimums. 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