TO:  CAVITATION TECHNOLOGIES:

 

Thank you for writing to express your support for the "Biodiesel Promotion and Quality Assurance Act of 2007." I appreciate hearing from you and welcome the opportunity to respond.

 

           On June 13, 2007, Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) introduced the "Biodiesel Promotion and Quality Assurance Act" (S. 1616). This bill would require the Administrator of the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) to ensure that diesel fuel sold in the United States contains increasing volumes of biodiesel specified for 2008 through 2012. S. 1616 has been referred to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, of which I am not a member. I will keep your comments in mind, should this legislation come before the full Senate for a vote.

 

Legislation similar to S. 1616, the "Biofuels for Energy Security and Transportation Act of 2007" (S. 987), sponsored by Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), was included in the "CLEAN Energy Act" (H.R. 6), passed the Senate in June with my support. S. 987 requires that the volume of renewable fuel in the U.S., including biodiesel, increases every year from 8.5 billion gallons in 2008 to 36 billion gallons in 2022. H.R. 6 also included a provision requiring the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Energy, to promulgate regulations to ensure that all diesel-equivalent fuels derived from renewable biomass that are introduced into interstate commerce are tested and certified to comply with appropriate American Society for Testing and Materials standards.

 

           Again, thank you for contacting me. If you have any further comments or questions, please feel free to contact my Washington , D.C. office at (202) 224-3841. Best regards.