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Region 7: Iowa,
Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
Missouri
January 2009
Senate Bill 29
On January 7, 2009, Missouri State Senator Bill Stouffer introduced legislation
that would require all diesel fuel sold at retail in Missouri after a certain
date to be a biodiesel-blended fuel. Provisions contained in the bill are
similar to the perfected SB 759 (2008).
SB-29 requires that by June 1, 2011 or 120 days after it has been
determined that the price of biodiesel or biodiesel-blended fuels has on average
been less than or equal to the cost of conventional diesel fuel for one year,
all diesel fuel sold at retail must contain a minimum of 5% biodiesel. SB-29
contains specific provisions for terminals that require all fuel terminals that
sell diesel fuel to sell biodiesel, conventional diesel fuel, and
biodiesel-blended fuel that contains 5% biodiesel by volume. The state’s Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources will hold a
hearing for the bill on February 4, 2009.
2008
December Update on SB-759
The bill was not enacted, however it will be reintroduced in 2009.
Senate Bill 759
Would require that all diesel fuel sold at the retail level in Missouri after
April 1, 2010, consist of a biodiesel blend containing at least 5 percent
biodiesel. In addition, the bill would require ALL terminals in Missouri that
sell diesel fuel to also sell biodiesel and biodiesel-blended fuel. This
requirement would take effect on January 1, 2010. The bill would compel the
owner of diesel terminals to chose among several options: terminate the storage
and handling of diesel; splash blend biodiesel and conventional diesel fuel; or
install a biodiesel blending system. An alternative to blending at the terminal
would be handling biodiesel-blended fuel brought in to the terminal from another
location.
ILTA has
submitted a
letter in opposition to the bill, pointing out that enactment of
the legislation would result in a costly waste of infrastructure resources,
including unneeded biodiesel tanks and blending equipment at terminals.
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