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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 332
WHEREAS, A facility producing biodiesel fuel made from Maryland soybean oil
would serve to create a stronger and more diverse local market for Maryland soybean
producers; and
WHEREAS, Small grains grown as a winter crop under a nutrient management
plan serve to take up nutrients remaining from the previous crop, holding these
nutrients in the field rather than polluting the Chesapeake Bay, and have been shown
to be extremely effective as cover crops; and
WHEREAS, An ethanol production facility producing 15 million gallons of
ethanol annually from small grains will generate the production of the equivalent of
an additional 100,000 acres of cover crops towards the acreage goals of the
Chesapeake Bay Commission and the Tributary Strategy Teams, which groups
consider cover crops to be one of the most cost effective methods of reducing the
amount of nutrients entering the Chesapeake Bay; now, therefore,
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Agriculture
SUBTITLE 15. PRODUCTION CREDITS FOR RENEWABLE FUELS.
10-1501.
(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.
(B) "BIODIESEL" MEANS AN ALTERNATIVE MOTOR FUEL PRODUCED FROM A
RENEWABLE RESOURCE SUCH AS VEGETABLE OIL OR ANIMAL FAT.
(C) "BOARD" MEANS THE RENEWABLE FUELS INCENTIVE BOARD.
(D) "ETHANOL" MEANS FERMENTED ETHYL ALCOHOL DERIVED FROM
AGRICULTURAL OR FOREST PRODUCTS.
(E) (1) "SMALL GRAINS" MEANS A WINTER GRAIN CROP.
(2) "SMALL GRAINS" INCLUDES WHEAT, RYE, TRITICALE, OATS, AND
HULLED OR HULL-LESS BARLEY.
10-1502.
THIS SUBTITLE AUTHORIZES CREDITS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF:
(1) ETHANOL THAT:
(I) SATISFIES THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS
SPECIFICATIONS D 4806-88; AND
(II) IS DENATURED AS SPECIFIED IN 27 C.F.R. PARTS 20 AND 21; AND
(2) BIODIESEL THAT SATISFIES THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND
MATERIALS PS121 D 6751.
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