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Assembly Bill A8134

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to bioheating fuel requirements

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2019-A8134 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §19-0327, En Con L

2019-A8134 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to bioheating fuel requirements and bioheating fuel tax credits; requires all heating oil sold for use in any building in the state on and after July 1, 2021 be bioheating fuel that contains a minimum percent biodiesel or renewable hydrocarbon diesel.

2019-A8134 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8134
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   bioheating fuel requirements
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 19-0327 of the environmental conservation  law,  as
 added by chapter 315 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
 § 19-0327. Bioheating fuel requirements.
   (1)  Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following terms
 shall have the following meanings:
   (a) "Biodiesel" shall mean a fuel, designated  B100,  that  meets  the
 specifications of [the American Society for Testing and Materials desig-
 nation]  ASTM  D6751  composed  exclusively of mono-alkyl esters of long
 chain fatty acids derived from feedstock.
   (b) "Renewable Hydrocarbon Diesel" shall mean a  domestically-produced
 fuel  derived  from  vegetable  oils,  animal  fats, and other renewable
 feedstocks that meet  the  most  recent  specifications  of  ASTM  D975.
 Renewable hydrocarbon shall not include any fuel from co-processed biom-
 ass with a feedstock that is not biomass.
   (c) "Bioheating fuel" shall mean a fuel comprised of biodiesel blended
 with  petroleum heating oil that meets the specifications of [the Ameri-
 can Society for Testing and Materials designation]  ASTM  D396,  a  fuel
 comprised  of  domestically-produced  renewable  hydrocarbon diesel with
 petroleum heating oil that meets the specifications  of  ASTM  D975,  or
 other specifications as determined by the commissioner.
   (d)  "Heating oil" shall mean petroleum oil refined for the purpose of
 use as fuel for combustion in a space and/or water heating  system  that
 meets  the specifications of [the American Society for Testing and Mate-
 rials designation] ASTM D396 or other specifications  as  determined  by
 the commissioner.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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