The present Act lays down provisions relating to the production of renewable diesel. For the purpose of the present Act “renewable diesel” is defined as a diesel fuel substitute made from renewable materials such as vegetable oil, waste cooking oil, animal fat or fish oil, fungi, algae or other microbes. Section 2 establishes that every distributor shall ensure that the average volume of diesel fuel it sells or provides to consumers during each reporting period has a composition of at least 2% renewable diesel fuel. The text – consisting of 10 sections – deals with the following aspects: blending, handling and storage of blended diesel fuel, duty to maintain records, reporting, enforcement and offence and penalties.
Canada · 2011-01-01