Dual Fuel--Colocating Ethanol, Biodiesel
PHOTO: DREIBELBIS-FAIRWEATHER
April 13, 2016
BY Keith Loria
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The Wildfire Reduction Market Expansion Act of 2026 was introduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate on July 22. The bill aims to expand the Renewable Fuel Standard’s definition of renewable biomass to include additional low value woody materials. Specifically, the legislation would expand the RFS’s definition of renewable biomass to include additional forest products manufacturing and wood products manufacturing residuals, including wood residuals, paper residuals, wood chips, bark, shavings and other low-value byproducts. It would also allow slash, storm debris, pre-commercial thinning materials, fuel reduction byproducts and ecological restoration materials from qualifying private, tribal and federal lands to be used as eligible renewable biomass. This includes vegetation removed through defensible space projects and wildfire risk reduction activities in the wildland-urban interface. In addition, the Wildfire Reduction Market Expansion Act would establish a straightforward certification process for qualifying materials sourced form private and federal lands. The legislation also includes language clarifying that existing forest plans and resource management plans do not need to specifically identify renewable fuel production as an intended end use, provided that the underlying forest management activity is otherwise authorized and consistent with applicable law. The House version of the bill, H.R. 9827 was introduced by Rep. Cliff Bentz and referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. To date, Reps. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.; Bruce Westerman, R-Ariz.; Mike Ezell, R-Miss.; James Gallegher, R-Calif.; Ami Bera, D-Calif.; Max Miller, R-Ohio; Michael Guest, R-Miss.; Kim Schrier, D-Wash.; Robert Latta, R-Ohio; Derrick Van Orden, R-Wisc.; and Randy Fine, R-Fla., have signed on to cosponsor the bill. The Senate version of the legislation, S. 5087, was introduced by Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and referred to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Current cosponsors include Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss.; Alex Padilla, D-Calif.; John Kennedy, R-La.; Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.; Angus King, I-Maine; and Susan Collins, R-Maine. The bipartisan, bicameral bill is supported by more than 75 organizations, including Advanced Woody Biomass Alliance, American Biomass Energy Association, American Farm Bureau Federation, Pellet Fuels Institute, and SunGas Renewables. “Farm Bureau appreciates the introduction of bipartisan legislation that supports farmers, foresters and both public and private forest lands across the United States,” said John Newton, vice president of public policy and economic analysis, American Farm Bureau Federation. “Updating the definition of renewable biomass for the Renewable Fuel Standard will support active land stewardship and reduce wildfire risk through improved management of public lands. Farm Bureau encourages the Senate to swiftly consider the Wildfire Reduction Market Expansion Act of 2026.” A full version of the bill is available on Merkley’s website.
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