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	Department	TX Dept of Agriculture		NCWM Region	SWMA
	Primary Contact	Joe Benavides		Last Modified	08/28/09 04:35pm
	Phone	512-463-5706
	Email	joe.benavides@tda.state.tx.us
	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 meeting ASTM D 6751. It authorized a net .168 per gallon incentive for biodiesel producers up to a max of $3.024M per producer per year. Because greater than 2/3 of senators and representatives voted for the bill it became effective on May 31, 2009.
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
	How to Report
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