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Louisiana Enacts Law to Create Non-Corn Biofuel Industry; Pilot Programs for Mid-Range Ethanol Blends and Hydrous Ethanol

Posted on June 24, 2008

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed into law the Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative (HB 1270), an act intended to support the development of a statewide advanced biofuel industry. Louisiana is now the first state to enact alternative transportation fuel legislation that includes a variable blending pump pilot program with mid-range blends (blends of E10, E20, E30 and E85) and a pilot program for the use of hydrous ethanol. Supported feedstock in the program is to be other than corn, derived from Louisiana-harvested crops, and be capable of an annual yield of at least 600 gallo...

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