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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 547 

To facilitate the development of markets for alternative fuels and Ultra 

Low Sulfur Diesel fuel through research, development, and demonstration 

and data collection. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 18, 2007 

Mr. GORDON of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Science and Technology 

A BILL 

To facilitate the development of markets for alternative fuels 

and Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel fuel through research, development, and demonstration and data collection. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advanced Fuels Infra5 structure Research and Development Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds that— 

8 (1) in order to lessen United States dependence 

9 on foreign sources of petroleum, and decrease deVerDate Aug 31 2005 04:42 Jan 20, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H547.IH H547

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1 mand for petroleum in the transportation sector, the 

2 Nation must diversify its fuel supply to include do3 mestically produced alternative biobased fuels; 

4 (2) while ethanol has been successful in the 

5 market place as a fuel additive, newer biobased fuels 

6 may present unique challenges that may render the 

7 fuels incompatible with the current fuel transpor8 tation and delivery infrastructure, placing the bur9 den of costly refurbishment and construction on fuel 

10 distributors and retailers; 

11 (3) chemical additives to the fuels may mitigate 

12 the negative impacts of some biobased fuels on exist13 ing infrastructure and preclude costly retrofitting or 

14 installation of new biobased fuel compatible infra15 structure and transportation systems; 

16 (4) in order to mitigate air pollution and com17 ply with Federal mandates, Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel 

18 fuel was introduced into the marketplace in 2006; 

19 (5) fuel labeled Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel can ac20 cumulate more than the statutory limit of 15 parts 

21 per million of sulfur when transported through mul22 tiple pipelines, tanks, and trucks to the final point 

23 of sale; and 

24 (6) fuel distributors and retailers may inadvert25 ently take delivery of fuel labeled Ultra Low Sulfur 


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1 Diesel with more than 15 parts per million of sulfur 

2 without a practical means of verifying sulfur con3 tent. 

4 SEC. 3. ALTERNATIVE FUEL AND ULSD INFRASTRUCTURE 

5 AND ADDITIVES RESEARCH AND DEVELOP6 MENT. 

7 The Secretary of Energy (in this Act referred to as 

8 the ‘‘Secretary’’) , in consultation with the National Insti9 tute of Standards and Technology, shall carry out a pro10 gram of research, development, demonstration, and com11 mercial application of materials to be added to alternative 

12 biobased fuels and Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel fuels to make 

13 them more compatible with existing infrastructure used to 

14 store and deliver petroleum-based fuels to the point of 

15 final sale. The program shall address— 

16 (1) materials to prevent or mitigate— 

17 (A) corrosion of metal, plastic, rubber, 

18 cork, fiberglass, glues, or any other material 

19 used in pipes and storage tanks; 

20 (B) dissolving of storage tank sediments; 

21 (C) clogging of filters; 

22 (D) contamination from water or other 

23 adulterants or pollutants; 

24 (E) poor flow properties related to low 

25 temperatures; 


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1 (F) oxidative and thermal instability in 

2 long-term storage and use; 

3 (G) increased volatile emissions; 

4 (H) microbial contamination; 

5 (I) problems associated with electrical con6 ductivity; and 

7 (J) increased nitrogen oxide emissions; 

8 (2) alternatives to conventional methods for re9 furbishment and cleaning of gasoline and diesel 

10 tanks, including tank lining applications; and 

11 (3) other problems as identified by the Sec12 retary in consultation with the National Institute of 

13 Standards and Technology. 

14 SEC. 4. SULFUR TESTING FOR DIESEL FUELS. 

15 (a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary, in consultation with 

16 the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall 

17 carry out a research, development, and demonstration pro18 gram on portable, low-cost, and accurate methods and 

19 technologies for testing of sulfur content in fuel, including 

20 Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel and Low Sulfur Diesel. 

21 (b) SCHEDULE OF DEMONSTRATIONS.—Not later 

22 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

23 Secretary shall begin demonstrations of technologies under 

24 subsection (a). 


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1 SEC. 5. STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIALS AND DATA 

2 BASE DEVELOPMENT. 

3 Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment 

4 of this Act, the National Institute of Standards and Tech5 nology shall develop a physical properties data base and 

6 standard reference materials for alternative fuels. Such 

7 data base and standard reference materials shall be main8 tained and updated as appropriate as additional alter9 native fuels become available. 

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