Hi: "Hold the Phone"! Note I am not a lawyer (and you will need one if you keep on the road you are traveling) So take these words considering the source. If you use the fuel "on-farm" only, there are no tax consequences. If you use it on the road there are taxes to be paid. The purpose of these taxes are for Federal Highway construction and road maintenance etc.-- we all pay a Fed. Excise Tax for this purpose and it is included in the price of gasoline. I suggest you contact the Fed. Alcohol and Firearms people ( not exactly the correct name) for the rules and permitting etc.) Failure to do so is a serious violation of the law. Now, contact the State Excise Tax people and ask for the rules and regulations. I suggest you do not tell them more than they need to know in order for them to send the regulations. Just explain what you would "like to do" without telling exactly -- see what I mean? A "feasibility study" is a good way to explain it -- no one can fault you for a study. OSHA should not be too much of a problem if the processing system is well designed and safe, the state may have some rules to follow.
Point: do it all "by the book" and you will not get into trouble. Taxes are an added product cost to the user -- we can not escape that except by cheating -- and that is never a good idea -- read the news. If your business plan is well done and your raw material and process is cost efficient, you will be successful. If these factors are not soundly based you do not want to do it anyway. I hope this helps. Good Luck. Len Walde, P.E. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Stenflo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 3:04 PM Subject: [biofuels-biz] Legal Obstacles for Biodiesel > Greetings, > My name is Martin Stenflo, I am part of a newly formed Biodiesel > Cooperative in Boulder, CO. Check us out at http://www.boulderbiodiesel.com > > We are setting up small processors on private land and distributing it among > members of our co-op, and charging a per-gallon user fee. Is this legal? No > fuel taxes, no OSHA, not in industrial/agriculture zone, no fuel standards. > Am I setting myself up to be shut down? Who do I contact to get this > information? > > Also, we may be able to set up a small station at our local recycling > center, but that needs OSHA regulations etc. Does anybody have information > on the specific regulations I need to meet? > > Any help is greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > > Martin Stenflo > 303-245-0743 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.boulderbiodiesel.com > > > > > Biofuels at Journey to Forever > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Biofuel at WebConX > http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm > List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > 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 ---------------------~--> Will You Find True Love? Will You Meet the One? Free Love Reading by phone! http://us.click.yahoo.com/O3jeVD/R_ZEAA/Ey.GAA/9bTolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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/
