Bill Text: NY S04762 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides that diesel fuel that contains a concentration of sulfur that is less than or equal to fifteen parts per million shall not be sold or offered for sale unless such diesel fuel includes biodiesel as its lubrication additive.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-11 - PRINT NUMBER 4762A [S04762 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S04762-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4762--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 15, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FUNKE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conservation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the sale of diesel fuel The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 19-0107 of the environmental conservation law is 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 25 to read as follows: 3 25. "Biodiesel fuel" means a renewable, biodegradable, mono alkyl 4 ester combustible liquid fuel derived from agricultural plant oils or 5 animal fats and that meets American Society for Testing and Materials 6 Specification D6751 for Biodiesel Fuel (B100) Blend Stock for Distillate 7 Fuels as updated. 8 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 19-0301 of the environmental conserva- 9 tion law is amended by adding a new paragraph f to read as follows: 10 f. Cooperate with the department of agriculture and markets to ensure 11 an efficient transition to the use of biodiesel fuel as the lubrication 12 additive for low-sulfur diesel fuel. 13 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 192-c of the agriculture and markets law 14 is amended by adding a new paragraph k to read as follows: 15 k. "Biodiesel fuel" means a renewable, biodegradable, mono alkyl ester 16 combustible liquid fuel derived from agricultural plant oils or animal 17 fats and that meets American Society for Testing and Materials Specifi- 18 cation D6751 for Biodiesel Fuel (B100) Blend Stock for Distillate Fuels 19 as updated. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04628-02-6
