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Texas Senate restores 'Tx-LED' CARB-diesel mandate, House/Senate conference showdown seen

Diesel Fuel News, May 12, 2003

In a bill that restores funding to a diesel emissions clean-up scheme ("TERP" program), the Texas Senate also restored the "Texas Low Emission Diesel" (TxLED) mandate (requiring diesel fuel equivalent to California Air Resources Board low aromatics/high-cetane specs) that hits most of east Texas in 2005.

Earlier, the Texas House deleted the U.S. EPA-approved Tx-LED mandate in its own version of a bill fixing funding for the state's "TERP" diesel emissions clean-up program (see Diesel Fuel News 4/14/03, p12). So now, a House/Senate conference must iron out differences between the bills. The Senate version taps vehicle registration fees to support the TERP program, while the House version imposes a 3 cents/gallon fee on diesel deliveries.

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