Nationwide Renewable Fuels Standard Begins Saturday

Environment News Service, August, 2007 by staff"

WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) — --> The nation's first renewable fuels standard, RFS, program is set to take effect on Saturday, September 1. Authorized by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the program will require all motor vehicle fuels to contain an escalating percentage of ethanol, biodiesel or other fuels made from renewable sources.

The program grants credit for both renewable fuels blended into conventional gasoline or diesel and those used in their unblended form.

Any party that produces gasoline for use in the United States - refiners, importers, and blenders - must meet the renewable fuel standard. Only small refiners and small refineries are exempt through 2010.

The states of Alaska and Hawaii are also exempt. Hawaii already has a 10 percent ethanol...

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