# Presentation: 080355

## Report to Joint Meeting of the ICSP and ANSI GMF 

*Presented by*
- Jane Schweiker
- Senior Advisor to the President/CEO
- March 21, 2007

**Biofuels Standardization Initiatives **

## Biofuels - Chronology

**1/06 - State of the Union Address highlights urgent national energy needs.**
**9/06 - ANSI approached by Department of Energy.**** **
- DOE cites urgent need for rapid development of a wide range of standards related to alternative fuels, dispensers, storage tanks, pipelines, and instrumentation
- DOE suggests possibility of ANSI creating a new standards panel to facilitate this process.
**10/06 – ANSI hosts meeting of DOE and the four DOE-designated SDOs. **
**1/12/07 – ANSI hosts pre-ISO C/STRAT meeting on energy issues.  Participants included NIST, DOE, ITA as well as companies, trade associations, and business organizations.**

## Biofuels - Chronology 

**1/24-25/07 ANSI-DOE Biofuels Standards Workshop**
- Participation by DOC, DOE, EPA, NIST, USDA as well as numerous SDOs and other private sector organizations.
- Acknowledgement by DOE official that more was accomplished in this two-day Workshop than had been possible in a number of previous meetings.
- Recognition that existing standards and codes address many of the identified needs but that there are also substantive gaps to be filled.
- Acknowledgement that there is a need to engage a broader spectrum of stakeholders to fill the gaps and to determine next steps.
- Recommendation that ANSI form a Biofuels Standards Panel
- To bring together the public and private sector stakeholders to provide a forum for addressing these needs in a timely manner
- To ensure US leadership in an area of global significance

## Biofuels - Chronology

- 2/07 – ANSI named to U.S. Chamber of Commerce Biofuels Initiative Steering Committee
- 2/27-28/07 – Brussels Symposium on International Biofuels Standardization
- Convened by EC and CEN
- U.S., Brazil, India, and others invited to participate
- U.S. delegation comprised of representatives from both the public and private sectors
- 3/2/07 – UN Announces formation of International Biofuels Forum to draft global standards for biofuels
- 3/8/07 – ANSI Chairman, President, & Senior VP meet with Greg Manuel, Special Assistant to Secretary of State Rice, re various Administration biofuels initiatives

## Biofuels – Next Steps

- Collaborate on the development of a White Paper that can be used by State in preparation for the late April EU-US Summit.  The White Paper will address the more urgent global compatibility issues related to biodiesel and bioethanol standardization.
- To be a Roadmap or Action Plan (convergence/divergence matrix) for achieving compatibility between the European and US approaches/standards for bioethanol and biodiesel.
- Participants to include NIST, DOE, DOC and other Federal agencies; ANSI; ASTM and other SDOs; and industry.
- Establish an ANSI Biofuels Standards Panel to address the broader coordination issues associated with biofuels standardization.
- Initial focus to be on issues identified during the ANSI-DOE Biofuels Standards Workshop.
- Outreach to a broad spectrum of stakeholders within both the public and private sectors to invite participation in the Panel.
- Continue outreach and representation on Biofuels standardization issues.

## Biofuels – Next Steps

- Collaborate on the development of a White Paper that can be used by State in preparation for the late April EU-US Summit.  The White Paper will address the more urgent global compatibility issues related to biodiesel and bioethanol standardization.
- To be a Roadmap or Action Plan (convergence/divergence matrix) for achieving compatibility between the European and US approaches/standards for bioethanol and biodiesel.
- Participants to include NIST, DOE, DOC and other Federal agencies; ANSI; ASTM and other SDOs; and industry.
- Establish an ANSI Biofuels Standards Panel to address the broader coordination issues associated with biofuels standardization.
- Outreach to a broad spectrum of stakeholders within both the public and private sectors to invite participation in the Panel
- Identify a qualified candidate for the Chair who is of significant stature, well respected in the biofuels community, and who will act in a totally neutral capacity
- Continue outreach and representation on Biofuels standardization issues