California Code of Regulations › Title 4 - Business Regulations › Division 9 - Division of Measurement Standards, Department of Food and Agriculture › Chapter 6 - Automotive Products Specifications › Article 5 - Engine Fuel Standards › Section 4140 - Definitions Used in Title 4, Division 9, Chapters 6 and 7

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  "Biodiesel" means a fuel comprised of mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty
				  acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats, designated B100, and meeting
				  the specifications set forth by the ASTM International in the latest version of
				  Standard Specification for Biodiesel Fuel Blend Stock (B100) for Middle
				  Distillate Fuels D6751 contained in the ASTM publication entitled: Annual Book
				  of ASTM Standards, Section
				  5.
(b) "Diesel fuel" means a light middle or
				  middle distillate fuel which may be blended up to 5. volume percent biodiesel,
				  and meeting the specifications set forth by the ASTM International in the
				  latest version of Standard Specification for Diesel Fuel Oils D975 contained in
				  the ASTM publication entitled: Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Section
				  5.
(c) "Biodiesel blend" means biodiesel blended
				  with petroleum-based diesel fuel.
(d) "Non-ester renewable diesel" means a
				  diesel fuel registered as a motor vehicle fuel or fuel additive under 40 CFR
				  Part 79 , as amended by Pub. L. 91-604, produced from
				  nonpetroleum renewable resources that is not a mono-alkyl ester.
(e) "Non-ester renewable diesel blend" means
				  non-ester renewable diesel blended with petroleum-based diesel fuel.
(f) "Biomass-based diesel" means a renewable
				  diesel fuel that meets the definition of either biodiesel or non-ester
				  renewable diesel
1. New
					 section filed 4-30-82; effective upon filing pursuant to Government Code
					 section
					 11346.2(d)
					 (Register 82, No. 21).
2. Amendment of article heading, section
					 heading and text filed 10-5-89; operative 11-4-89 (Register 89, No.
					 41).
3. Amendment filed 7-28-92; operative 7-28-92 (Register 92, No.
					 31).
4. Amendment of article 5 heading filed 10-12-2001 as an
					 emergency; operative 10-12-2001 (Register 2001, No. 41). A Certificate of
					 Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 2-11-2002 or emergency language will
					 be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
5.
					 Reinstatement of article 5 heading as it existed prior to 10-12-2001 emergency
					 amendment by operation of Government Code section
					 11346.1(f)
					 (Register 2002, No. 33).
6. Amendment of article 5 heading filed
					 8-15-2002; operative 9-14-2002 (Register 2002, No. 33).
7. Amendment
					 filed 4-22-2004; operative 5-22-2004 (Register 2004, No. 17).
8. New
					 final paragraph filed 9-9-2005 as an emergency; operative 9-9-2005 (Register
					 2005, No. 37). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by
					 1-10-2006 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the
					 following day.
9. Reinstatement of section as it existed prior to
					 9-9-2005 emergency amendment pursuant to Government Code section
					 11346.1(f)
					 (Register 2006, No. 35).
10. Renumbering of former section
					 4140 to section
					 4141 and new section
					 4140 filed 1-24-2011; operative
					 2-23-2011 (Register 2011, No. 4).
11. Editorial correction of
					 HISTORY 10 (Register 2011, No. 6).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						12027,
						13440
						and
						13450,
						Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
						13401,
						13440,
						13441,
						13450
						and
						13451,
						Business and Professions Code.