An Act To Establish a Definition for Biodiesel Fuels Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: Sec. I. 36 MRSA §3202, sub-§I, 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!1,sub-§I-A is enacted to read: I-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 754,5 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. Page 1-LR1l73(2) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 0441
Committee Amendment CA_A_S135 (Senate)
Amends: 36 MRSA §3202

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "!,, to S.P. 160, L.D. 441, Bill, "An 
Act To Encourage the Development and Use of Domestically Produced 
Renewable Motor Vehicle Fuels" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'An Act To Establish a Definition for Biodiesel Fuels' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place 
the following: 
'Sec. I. 36 MRSA §3202, sub-§I, 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!1,sub-§I-A is enacted to read: 
I-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 754,5 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.' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" 
"to S.P. 160, L.D. 441 
SUMMARY 
This 
amendment replaces the bill and clarifies that the 
definition of "distillates" in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 
36, section 3202 includes "biodiesel fuel." 
The amendment also 
defines "biodiesel fuel" as 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 2ll(b), 42 United States 
Code, Section 7545 and as otherwise specified in the American 
Society 
for 
Testing 
Materials 
Standard 
D675l-02a 
or 
its 
subsequent Standard Specification for Biodiesel Fuel (BlOO) Blend 
Stock for Distillate Fuels. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT