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Texas One-Pager (State's Fuel Quality Regulation)
  Department
TX Dept of Agriculture
  NCWM Region
SWMA
 
  Primary Contact
Joe Benavides
  Last Modified 09/14/12  
  Phone
512-463-5706
 
  Email
joe.benavides@texas.agriculture.gov
 
  What's needed for a
successful program?
 TX Agriculture Code Chapter 16 Fuel Ethanol and Biodiesel Production Incentive Program passed in 2003 defined biodiesel as meeting PS 121, the provisional specification for biodiesel. In May 2009, HB 2582 revised Chapter 16 to define biodiesel as meeting ASTM D 6751 and authorized a net .168 per gallon incentive for biodiesel producers up to a max of $3.024M per producer per year. Currently, no funding is allocated for this incentive program.  
AUTHORITY
  Fuel Authority
Regulatory (state regulations); Statutory (enacted legislation)
 
  Statutory/Regulatory Citation
Section 16.001, Agriculture Code, is amended to read Biodiesel" means a motor fuel that meets the registration requirements for fuels and fuel additives established by the EPA under Section 211 of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7545)as mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils and animal fats and meets the requirements of ASTM specification D-6751.
 
ADOPTED FUEL SPECIFICATIONS
  Fuels Currently Regulated
Biodiesel-Blends_no; Diesel Fuel_yes
 
  Fuel Specifications
B6-19_no-adopted-spec; B100_ASTM D6751; PetroDiesel_ASTM D975; B1-B5_ASTM D975
 
  Other Specifications  
  If no spec - plan to adopt Section 16 of the Agriculture Code governs actions of the Economic Development Department and not Weights and Measures so regulations giving authority to W&M to regulate the quality of biodiesel must still be passed.  
  Process to Adopt Specifications
Administrative Rulemaking; Legislative Process
 
  ASTM-Rev Adopted
periodic - adopt & update per set schedule (e.g. annually)
 
TESTING PROGRAMS
  Proactive Tests
Do not proactively test
 
  Reactive Test Circumstance
 
  Fuel Test Performed
 
  Where Sampled
 
  Where Tested
 
  Penalties
 
REPORTING
  How to Report You may file a complaint by calling 1-800-TELL-TDA (1-800-835-5832)or by emailing TDA at TellTDA@TexasAgriculture.gov.
PRODUCT INDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
 
  Dispenser Labeling Currently there are no requirements but recommend that HB 130 is followed in the event it is adopted later.
 
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