Laughing Stock Farm, Freeport, Maine

Maine’s New Biodiesel Definition

Maine's new biodiesel definition came from an amendment to a bill that the Transportation Committee heard in April. The bill, LD 441, "An Act To Establish a Definition for Biodiesel Fuels," was signed by the governor on May 23, 2003. According to this new law, "'Biodiesel fuel' means renewable fuel composed of mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats that is registered with the United States Environmental Protection Agency as a fuel and a fuel additive under the federal Clean Air Act, … and as otherwise specified in the American Society for Testing Materials Standard D6751-02a or its subsequent Standard Specification for 'Biodiesel Fuel (B100) Blend Stock for Distillate Fuels.'"  The definition of biodiesel included in the original text of this bill was “biodiesel is any material commonly referred to as biodiesel.”  We should be thankful that the Transportation Committee was open to the suggestion that we must meet national standards in Maine.  

The History of Legitimate Biodiesel Commercialization in the U.S.

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Last modified: February 01, 2008