AB 455

This bill requires new retail or wholesale fueling facilities that are built on

vacant land to ensure that 1) all of the facility's equipment used to store or dispense

gasoline is capable of storing or dispensing a gasoline-ethanol fuel blend that

contains at least 25 percent ethanol by volume; and 2) all of the facility's equipment

used to store or dispense petroleum-based diesel fuel is capable of storing or

dispensing a biodiesel fuel blend that contains at least 20 percent biodiesel by

volume. The bill requires the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer

Protection to provide grants to such facilities for this purpose, in an amount of $1,000

for each new dispenser or the increased cost to retrofit dispensers to meet this

requirement, whichever is less. Such a grant may not be made to a facility that has

received federal funds for this purpose. DATCP may not provide more than $15,000

to any single facility. Under the bill, a facility that receives such a grant must

provide, from each dispenser funded by the grant, a gasoline-ethanol fuel blend that

contains at least 15 percent ethanol by volume or a biodiesel fuel blend that contains

at least 20 percent biodiesel by volume.

The bill also requires DATCP to provide grants to existing retail or wholesale

fueling facilities to allow the facility to be able to store or dispense a gasoline-ethanol

fuel blend that contains at least 25 percent ethanol by volume or a biodiesel fuel

blend that contains at least 20 percent biodiesel by volume. Such a grant may be

made in an amount up to 50 percent of the cost to the facility for any equipment or

infrastructure installed or replaced for this purpose. Such a grant may not be made

to a facility that has received federal funds for this purpose. Under the bill, a facility

that receives such a grant must provide, from each dispenser funded by the grant,

a gasoline-ethanol fuel blend that contains at least 15 percent ethanol by volume or

a biodiesel fuel blend that contains at least 20 percent biodiesel by volume.