ESHB 2504 -
By Committee on Environment, Water & Energy
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 The legislature finds that in 2006, the
state of Washington made a commitment to establish a market for
alternative fuels. As part of that commitment, state agencies were
required to use an increasing percentage of biodiesel to operate their
state fleets. The legislature further finds that as a result of the
commitments that were made in 2006, significant public and private
investments have been made to develop in-state feedstock and oilseed
crushing capacity. In order to ensure that these investments prove to
be successful, it is the intent of the legislature that state agencies
make every effort to purchase biodiesel that is derived from locally
grown, in-state feedstocks.
Sec. 2 RCW 19.112.020 and 2006 c 338 s 8 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) This chapter shall be administered by the director or his or
her authorized agent. ((For the purpose of administering this chapter,
for motor fuel except biodiesel fuel,))
(2)(a) The director shall adopt rules for maintaining standards for
motor fuel. The rules may include:
(i) All or part of the standards set forth in the Annual Book of
ASTM Standards and supplements ((thereto)), ((and)) amendments, or
revisions thereof((, are adopted, together with));
(ii) All or part of the standards set forth in the national
institute of standards and technology (NIST) handbook 130, uniform laws
and regulations in the areas of legal metrology and engine fuel quality
rules, and any supplements, amendments, or revisions thereof; and
(iii) Any applicable federal environmental protection agency
standards.
(b) If a conflict exists between federal environmental protection
agency standards, ASTM standards, NIST standards, or state standards,
for purposes of uniformity, federal environmental protection agency
standards shall take precedence over ASTM and NIST standards. Any
state standards adopted must be consistent with federal environmental
protection agency standards and ASTM and NIST standards not in conflict
with the federal environmental protection agency standards.
(((2))) (3) The director may establish a fuel testing laboratory or
may contract with a laboratory for testing.
(4) The director may ((also)) adopt rules on false and misleading
advertising, labeling and posting of prices, and the standards for, and
identity of, motor fuels. The director ((shall)) may require fuel
pumps offering biodiesel and ethanol blends to be identified by a label
stating the percentage of biodiesel or ethanol.
(((3) The rules adopted under RCW 19.112.140 shall also provide
that the diesel refiner is responsible for meeting the ASTM standards
required by chapter 338, Laws of 2006 when providing diesel fuel into
the distribution system.))
Sec. 3 RCW 19.112.060 and 2006 c 338 s 6 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1)(a) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, any
person who knowingly violates any provision of this chapter or rules
adopted under it is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall
be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or
imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
(b) The director shall assess a civil penalty ranging from one
hundred dollars to ((ten)) twenty thousand dollars per occurrence,
giving due consideration to the appropriateness of the penalty with
respect to the gravity of the violation, and the history of previous
violations. Civil penalties collected under this chapter shall be
deposited into the motor vehicle fund.
(2) The penalties in subsection (1)(a) of this section do not apply
to violations of RCW 19.112.110 ((and 19.112.120)).
(3) No civil penalties may be assessed until the director of the
department of general administration certifies that the state agencies
are meeting the requirements under RCW 43.19.642.
Sec. 4 RCW 19.112.110 and 2009 c 132 s 2 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) ((Special fuel licensees under chapter 82.38 RCW, other than
international fuel tax agreement licensees, dyed special fuel users,
and special fuel distributors, shall provide evidence to the department
of licensing that at least two percent of the total annual diesel fuel
sold in Washington is biodiesel or renewable diesel fuel, following the
earlier of: (a) November 30, 2008; or (b) when a determination is made
by the director, published in the Washington State Register, that
feedstock grown in Washington state can satisfy a two-percent
requirement.)) Beginning April 1, 2011, all diesel fuel
sold for use in Washington by a diesel fuel seller must contain an
annual average of at least two percent biodiesel fuel or renewable
diesel fuel by volume. The compliance period for 2011 is April 1,
2011, through December 31, 2011. For all subsequent years, the annual
compliance period is January 1st through December 31st.
(2) Special fuel licensees under chapter 82.38 RCW, other than
international fuel tax agreement licensees, dyed special fuel users,
and special fuel distributors, shall provide evidence to the department
of licensing that at least five percent of total annual diesel fuel
sold in Washington is biodiesel or renewable diesel fuel, when the
director determines, and publishes this determination in the Washington
State Register, that both in-state oil seed crushing capacity and
feedstock grown in Washington state can satisfy a three-percent
requirement.
(3) The requirements of subsections (1) and (2) of this section
shall take effect no sooner than one hundred eighty days after the
determination has been published in the Washington State Register.
(4) The director and the director of licensing shall each adopt
rules, in coordination with each other, for enforcing and carrying out
the purposes of this section
(2) Beginning sixty days after the director determines that
production of biodiesel fuel in this state from feedstock grown or
produced in Washington has reached a level of at least fifteen million
gallons over the preceding twelve months, all diesel fuel sold for use
in Washington by a diesel fuel seller must contain an annual average of
at least five percent biodiesel fuel or renewable diesel fuel by
volume.
(3) Each diesel fuel seller must provide quarterly progress reports
to the director demonstrating compliance with the requirements of this
section, including reporting the total amounts of diesel fuel,
biodiesel fuel, and renewable diesel fuel sold for use in the state.
Information must be submitted to the department of agriculture on a
form prescribed by the director.
(4) The director shall adopt rules for enforcing and carrying out
this section.
(5)(a) The director shall have access to diesel, biodiesel, and
renewable diesel fuel records of a diesel fuel seller at any reasonable
time for the purpose of carrying out this chapter.
(b) Failure to maintain records or to report required information
to the department of agriculture is a violation of this chapter.
(c) Information that can be identified to a particular business and
that is collected under this section is exempt from public disclosure
under chapter 42.56 RCW.
(6) For purposes of this section, "diesel fuel seller" means a
licensee under chapter 82.38 RCW, other than an international fuel tax
agreement licensee, dyed special fuel user, or special fuel
distributor.
(7) This section does not apply to fuel sold or offered for sale
for use by:
(a) Railroad locomotives;
(b) Marine engines, except marine engines used by the Washington
state ferry system;
(c) Equipment at electric generating plants regulated by the United
States nuclear regulatory commission; or
(d) Motors used to temporarily:
(i) Generate electricity to meet peak demand; or
(ii) Generate electricity or deliver natural gas when normal
generation or delivery is disrupted.
(8) Subsection (7)(c) of this section expires thirty days after the
United States nuclear regulatory commission approves the use of diesel
fuel containing two percent or more biodiesel fuel or renewable diesel
fuel by volume in equipment at electric generating plants that it
regulates.
Sec. 5 RCW 19.112.160 and 2006 c 338 s 11 are each amended to
read as follows:
The governor, by executive order, may suspend all or portions of
the minimum renewable fuel content requirements in RCW 19.112.110 ((or
19.112.120, or 43.19.642)), based on a determination that such
requirements are temporarily technically or economically infeasible, or
pose a significant risk to public safety.
Sec. 6 RCW 19.112.900 and 1990 c 102 s 11 are each amended to
read as follows:
((RCW 19.112.005 through 19.112.080 shall constitute a new chapter
in Title 19 RCW and)) This chapter may be cited as the motor fuel
quality act.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 7 A new section is added to chapter 19.112 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) Each biodiesel producer in Washington must keep records
documenting the quantity of biodiesel produced and the quantity of
biodiesel produced from agricultural and nonagricultural feedstock
grown or produced in Washington. Biodiesel production information must
be provided to the department of agriculture on a form prescribed by
the director.
(2) The director shall have access to the records at any reasonable
time for the purpose of carrying out this chapter.
(3) The director may adopt rules to implement this section.
(4) Failure to maintain records or to submit production information
to the department of agriculture is a violation of this chapter.
(5) Information that can be identified to a particular business and
that is collected under this section is exempt from public disclosure
under chapter 42.56 RCW.
Sec. 8 RCW 43.19.642 and 2009 c 470 s 716 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) ((Effective June 1, 2006, for agencies complying with the
ultra-low sulfur diesel mandate of the United States environmental
protection agency for on-highway diesel fuel, agencies shall use
biodiesel as an additive to ultra-low sulfur diesel for lubricity,
provided that the use of a lubricity additive is warranted and that the
use of biodiesel is comparable in performance and cost with other
available lubricity additives. The amount of biodiesel added to the
ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel shall be not less than two percent.)) Effective June 1, 2009, state agencies are required to use a
minimum of ((
(2)twenty)) ten percent biodiesel as compared to total volume
of all diesel purchases made by the agencies for the operation of the
agencies' diesel-powered vessels, vehicles, and construction equipment.
State agencies are required to use a minimum of twenty percent
biodiesel under this subsection once the director of the Washington
state department of agriculture determines that the state can meet that
requirement.
(((3))) (2) All state agencies using biodiesel fuel shall,
beginning on July 1, 2006, file biannual reports with the department of
general administration documenting the use of the fuel and a
description of how any problems encountered were resolved.
(((4) For the 2009-2011 fiscal biennium, the Washington state
ferries is required to use a minimum of five percent biodiesel as
compared to total volume of all diesel purchases made by the Washington
state ferries for the operation of the Washington state ferries diesel-powered vessels so long as the per gallon price of diesel containing a
five percent biodiesel blend level does not exceed the per gallon price
of diesel by more than five percent. If the per gallon price of diesel
containing a five percent biodiesel blend level exceeds the per gallon
price of diesel by more than five percent, the requirements of this
section do not apply to vessel fuel purchases by the Washington state
ferries.))
(5) By December 1, 2009, the department of general administration
shall:
(a) Report to the legislature on the average true price
differential for biodiesel by blend and location; and
(b) Examine alternative fuel procurement methods that work to
address potential market barriers for in-state biodiesel producers and
report these findings to the legislature.
(3) For the 2009-2011 fiscal biennium, the Washington state ferries
is required to meet the biodiesel requirement set forth in chapter . .
. (Senate Bill No. 6381), Laws of 2010, for the operation of the
Washington state ferries diesel-powered vessels.
Sec. 9 RCW 42.56.270 and 2009 c 394 s 3 are each amended to read
as follows:
The following financial, commercial, and proprietary information is
exempt from disclosure under this chapter:
(1) Valuable formulae, designs, drawings, computer source code or
object code, and research data obtained by any agency within five years
of the request for disclosure when disclosure would produce private
gain and public loss;
(2) Financial information supplied by or on behalf of a person,
firm, or corporation for the purpose of qualifying to submit a bid or
proposal for (a) a ferry system construction or repair contract as
required by RCW 47.60.680 through 47.60.750 or (b) highway construction
or improvement as required by RCW 47.28.070;
(3) Financial and commercial information and records supplied by
private persons pertaining to export services provided under chapters
43.163 and 53.31 RCW, and by persons pertaining to export projects
under RCW 43.23.035;
(4) Financial and commercial information and records supplied by
businesses or individuals during application for loans or program
services provided by chapters 43.325, 43.163, 43.160, 43.330, and
43.168 RCW, or during application for economic development loans or
program services provided by any local agency;
(5) Financial information, business plans, examination reports, and
any information produced or obtained in evaluating or examining a
business and industrial development corporation organized or seeking
certification under chapter 31.24 RCW;
(6) Financial and commercial information supplied to the state
investment board by any person when the information relates to the
investment of public trust or retirement funds and when disclosure
would result in loss to such funds or in private loss to the providers
of this information;
(7) Financial and valuable trade information under RCW 51.36.120;
(8) Financial, commercial, operations, and technical and research
information and data submitted to or obtained by the clean Washington
center in applications for, or delivery of, program services under
chapter 70.95H RCW;
(9) Financial and commercial information requested by the public
stadium authority from any person or organization that leases or uses
the stadium and exhibition center as defined in RCW 36.102.010;
(10)(a) Financial information, including but not limited to account
numbers and values, and other identification numbers supplied by or on
behalf of a person, firm, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, or other entity related to an application for a horse
racing license submitted pursuant to RCW 67.16.260(1)(b), liquor
license, gambling license, or lottery retail license;
(b) Internal control documents, independent auditors' reports and
financial statements, and supporting documents: (i) Of house-banked
social card game licensees required by the gambling commission pursuant
to rules adopted under chapter 9.46 RCW; or (ii) submitted by tribes
with an approved tribal/state compact for class III gaming;
(11) Proprietary data, trade secrets, or other information that
relates to: (a) A vendor's unique methods of conducting business; (b)
data unique to the product or services of the vendor; or (c)
determining prices or rates to be charged for services, submitted by
any vendor to the department of social and health services for purposes
of the development, acquisition, or implementation of state purchased
health care as defined in RCW 41.05.011;
(12)(a) When supplied to and in the records of the department of
((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce:
(i) Financial and proprietary information collected from any person
and provided to the department of ((community, trade, and economic
development)) commerce pursuant to RCW 43.330.050(8); and
(ii) Financial or proprietary information collected from any person
and provided to the department of ((community, trade, and economic
development)) commerce or the office of the governor in connection with
the siting, recruitment, expansion, retention, or relocation of that
person's business and until a siting decision is made, identifying
information of any person supplying information under this subsection
and the locations being considered for siting, relocation, or expansion
of a business;
(b) When developed by the department of ((community, trade, and
economic development)) commerce based on information as described in
(a)(i) of this subsection, any work product is not exempt from
disclosure;
(c) For the purposes of this subsection, "siting decision" means
the decision to acquire or not to acquire a site;
(d) If there is no written contact for a period of sixty days to
the department of ((community, trade, and economic development))
commerce from a person connected with siting, recruitment, expansion,
retention, or relocation of that person's business, information
described in (a)(ii) of this subsection will be available to the public
under this chapter;
(13) Financial and proprietary information submitted to or obtained
by the department of ecology or the authority created under chapter
70.95N RCW to implement chapter 70.95N RCW;
(14) Financial, commercial, operations, and technical and research
information and data submitted to or obtained by the life sciences
discovery fund authority in applications for, or delivery of, grants
under chapter 43.350 RCW, to the extent that such information, if
revealed, would reasonably be expected to result in private loss to the
providers of this information;
(15) Financial and commercial information provided as evidence to
the department of licensing as required by RCW 19.112.110 ((or
19.112.120)), except information disclosed in aggregate form that does
not permit the identification of information related to individual fuel
licensees;
(16) Any production records, mineral assessments, and trade secrets
submitted by a permit holder, mine operator, or landowner to the
department of natural resources under RCW 78.44.085;
(17)(a) Farm plans developed by conservation districts, unless
permission to release the farm plan is granted by the landowner or
operator who requested the plan, or the farm plan is used for the
application or issuance of a permit;
(b) Farm plans developed under chapter 90.48 RCW and not under the
federal clean water act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq., are subject to
RCW 42.56.610 and 90.64.190;
(18) Financial, commercial, operations, and technical and research
information and data submitted to or obtained by a health sciences and
services authority in applications for, or delivery of, grants under
RCW 35.104.010 through 35.104.060, to the extent that such information,
if revealed, would reasonably be expected to result in private loss to
providers of this information;
(19) Information gathered under chapter 19.85 RCW or RCW 34.05.328
that can be identified to a particular business; ((and))
(20) Financial and commercial information submitted to or obtained
by the University of Washington, other than information the university
is required to disclose under RCW 28B.20.150, when the information
relates to investments in private funds, to the extent that such
information, if revealed, would reasonably be expected to result in
loss to the University of Washington consolidated endowment fund or to
result in private loss to the providers of this information; and
(21) Biodiesel production and sales information collected under RCW
19.112.110 and section 7 of this act that can be identified to a
particular business.
Sec. 10 RCW 43.19.646 and 2006 c 338 s 12 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) The department of general administration must assist state
agencies seeking to meet the biodiesel fuel requirements in RCW
((43.19.642)) 19.112.110 by coordinating the purchase and delivery of
biodiesel if requested by any state agency. The department may use
long-term contracts of up to ten years, when purchasing from in-state
suppliers who use predominantly in-state feedstock, to secure a
sufficient and stable supply of biodiesel for use by state agencies.
(2) The department shall compile and analyze the reports submitted
under RCW 43.19.642(((4))) and report in an electronic format its
findings and recommendations to the governor and committees of the
legislature with responsibility for energy issues, within sixty days
from the end of each reporting period. The governor shall consider
these reports in determining whether to temporarily suspend minimum
renewable fuel content requirements as authorized under RCW 19.112.160.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 11 The director of the department of
agriculture shall report to the governor and the legislature by
December 1, 2011, regarding the impact of this act on:
(1) Fuel suppliers, distributors, and retailers in the state,
including any problems that may have arisen regarding quality or
availability of biodiesel and renewable diesel; and
(2) Producers of feedstock and biodiesel and renewable diesel in
the state.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 12 The following acts or parts of acts are
each repealed:
(1) RCW 19.112.120 (Motor vehicle fuel licensees -- Required sales of
denatured ethanol -- Rules -- Limitation of section) and 2007 c 309 s 2 &
2006 c 338 s 3;
(2) RCW 19.112.130 (Information submitted under RCW 19.112.110 or
19.112.120 -- Limitation on release) and 2006 c 338 s 4;
(3) RCW 19.112.140 (Standards for biodiesel fuel/fuel blended with
biodiesel fuel -- Rules) and 2006 c 338 s 7;
(4) RCW 19.112.150 (Biofuels advisory committee) and 2006 c 338 s
9;
(5) RCW 19.112.170 (Determination of the supply of certain fuels -- Notification -- Declaration concerning the applicability of RCW
19.112.110 or 19.112.120) and 2006 c 338 s 13;
(6) RCW 19.112.180 (Goals under RCW 19.112.170 -- Report -- Executive
request legislation) and 2006 c 338 s 14; and
(7) RCW 43.19.643 (Biodiesel fuel blends -- Definitions) and 2003 c
17 s 3."
ESHB 2504 -
By Committee on Environment, Water & Energy
On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "requirements;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "amending RCW 19.112.020, 19.112.060, 19.112.110, 19.112.160, 19.112.900, 43.19.642, 42.56.270, and 43.19.646; adding a new section to chapter 19.112 RCW; creating new sections; repealing RCW 19.112.120, 19.112.130, 19.112.140, 19.112.150, 19.112.170, 19.112.180, and 43.19.643; prescribing penalties; and providing a contingent expiration date."