Associations issue biodiesel proposals

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

From a media release issued by the Wisconsin Soybean
Association and Wisconsin Biofuels Association:

Arlington, WI—At hearings across the state, Wisconsin farmers, biodiesel producers, high tech companies, and environmentalists will call on the Joint Finance Committee to expand state purchases of biodiesel, ensure quality standards, and testing. Members of these groups are holding a Biodiesel Information Workshop at 9 am before the hearing to be held in Arlington on Wednesday at the research station headquarters. . . .

In addition, the release included four key areas for legislative action:

1. Establish a uniform definition of biodiesel fuel and adopt fuel quality standards per ASTM D6751-07 to enhance quality assurance of the product and to
encourage statewide use. . . .

2. Establish a state regulatory program within the Department of Agriculture, Trade
and Consumer Protection (“DATCP”), and/or Department of Commerce
(“Commerce”) to ensure the quality of the biodiesel fuel product offered for retail
sale in the state. . . .

3. Establish tax incentives for wholesalers, retailers and bulk users (private fleets) of biodiesel that promote an expansion of biodiesel fuel consumption and
distribution network in Wisconsin. . . .

4. Establish that the Department of Administration, through its fleet management
policy, require all state agencies increase the use of biodiesel (B5 or higher) by
twenty percent (20%) by 2010 and by fifty percent (50%) by 2015.

For more information, contact David Crass, 608-283-2267, dacrass@michaelbest.com or
Brett Hulsey, 608-238-6070, Brett@BetterEnvironmentalSolutions.Com.