Reading this, I start to be proud of being an European and on the new 100
list of "least corrupted countries", US must come after any of the EU
countries. It is no way that US can keep the spot of being the 18th least
corrupted country in the world. Even Italians on the 28th spot, are less
corrupted than US under the Bush administration.
It is sad to see this.
Hakan
At 19:11 11/03/2004, you wrote:
>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.
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