Mr Chadzichristos >Hi everyone, > > I am currently in the process of helping to start up a >biodiesel production faculty on the border of Wisconsin and >Illinois. We were making good progress to setting up to a capacity >of 1000gallons a day. Unfortunately we have had a recent run in with >the cities inspector. They have automatically assumed that biodiesel >production it is a very dangerous affair and have sealed our >building off in addition to mentioning that we have lack of several >permits (which we actually have). What make the situation very >difficult is the fact that either the inspector or the town we are >in has any knowledge of biodiesel and its production. In addition >the inspector himself is a very unfriendly and difficult person to >work with especially when I comes to the site at which we are >located. I was hoping that someone might have some knowledge of >where I can find information with regards guild lines or laws and >regulations on running a biodiesel production facility. By that I >mean information on a federal or state level that directly addresses >things like methanol storage (which we have only a very small amount >of), biodiesel storage, and any other information on things like the >use of certain processing equipment to fire safety. I have been >looking the last two days almost all day and have been very limited >partially because it is the weekend and the fact that I cant get a >hold of anyone and because of the fact that everything I find has no >relation to biodiesel. Any help would be greatly appreciated. THANKS!
1000 gallons a day is a commercial operation, no? We're not here to provide free consultancy services for commercial operations. Of course we're not against commercial operations either, but the focus here is small-scale, local community level or individual projects, using an Appropriate Technology approach and Open-Source development, with the emphasis on sharing and collaboration. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think your 1000-gallon-a-day operation fits that description, in which case you should either do your own homework or hire a consultant. Thankyou. Keith Addison Journey to Forever KYOTO Pref., Japan http://journeytoforever.org/ Biofuel list owner _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
