§17033 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary, working with the Secretary of Agriculture, must set up a biofuels and biorefinery information center. The center will give people plain information about renewable fuel feedstocks and the kinds of fuels they can make; biorefinery processing and related technologies; how renewable fuels are transported, blended, stored, and sold; federal and state laws, programs, and incentives; research and development; and lists of fuel producers and users. The Secretary must keep the information current, offer guidance on production processes and on how to establish a biorefinery, and provide help by a toll-free phone number and a website. The work should be coordinated with other government centers as much as possible to avoid duplication. Congress may provide the funds needed to run the center.

Title 42, §17033

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(a)The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall establish a biofuels and biorefinery information center to make available to interested parties information on—

(1)renewable fuel feedstocks, including the varieties of fuel capable of being produced from various feedstocks;

(2)biorefinery processing techniques related to various renewable fuel feedstocks;

(3)the distribution, blending, storage, and retail dispensing infrastructure necessary for the transport and use of renewable fuels;

(4)Federal and State laws and incentives related to renewable fuel production and use;

(5)renewable fuel research and development advancements;

(6)renewable fuel development and biorefinery processes and technologies;

(7)renewable fuel resources, including information on programs and incentives for renewable fuels;

(8)renewable fuel producers;

(9)renewable fuel users; and

(10)potential renewable fuel users.

(b)In administering the biofuels and biorefinery information center, the Secretary shall—

(1)continually update information provided by the center;

(2)make information available relating to processes and technologies for renewable fuel production;

(3)make information available to interested parties on the process for establishing a biorefinery; and

(4)make information and assistance provided by the center available through a toll-free telephone number and website.

(c)To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure that the activities under this section are coordinated with, and do not duplicate the efforts of, centers at other government agencies.

(d)There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.

§17033 Biofuels and biorefinery information center

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Title 42, §17033

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