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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Regular Session of the 121st

CHAPTER 266
S.P. 160 - L.D. 441

An Act To Establish a Definition for Biodiesel Fuels

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

     Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §3202, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 94, Pt. D, §6, is amended to read:

     1. Distillates. "Distillates" means all combustible gases and liquids used in an internal combustion engine, including biodiesel fuel, except the fuel subject to the tax imposed by chapter 451 and low-energy fuel.

     Sec. 2. 36 MRSA §3202, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:

     1-A. Biodiesel fuel. "Biodiesel fuel" means renewable fuel composed of mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats that is registered with the United States Environmental Protection Agency as a fuel and a fuel additive under the federal Clean Air Act, Section 211(b), 42 United States Code, Section 7545 and as otherwise specified in the American Society for Testing Materials Standard D6751-02a or its subsequent Standard Specification for Biodiesel Fuel (B100) Blend Stock for Distillate Fuels.

Effective September 13, 2003, unless otherwise indicated.

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