Section 1712. On-Farm-Produced Denatured Ethyl Alcohol.--The Department of Agriculture shall have the power, and its duty shall be:
(a) To encourage and promote the manufacture and use of Pennsylvania agricultural product-derived denatured ethyl alcohol;
(b) To regulate the manufacture, use and sale of on-farm-produced denatured ethyl alcohol;
(c) To establish a licensing system for denatured ethyl alcohol on-farm producers and to enforce such system so as to prevent fraud and deception in the licensing process;
(d) To collect a fee from denatured ethyl alcohol on-farm producers at a minimum of twenty-five dollars ($25), with a sliding scale fee schedule based upon volume produced;
(e) To make such rules and regulations as shall be deemed necessary for enforcement of the laws of this Commonwealth relating to denatured ethyl alcohol and denatured ethyl alcohol on-farm producers;
(f) To provide for the inspection of denatured ethyl alcohol on-farm production facilities in order to ensure compliance with the law;
(g) To gather and make available information concerning the supply, demand, prevailing prices and applicable use of denatured ethyl alcohol and its by-products;
(h) To secure, in the performance of the duties herein prescribed, the cooperation and assistance of other appropriate agencies.
(1712 added Oct. 23, 1988, P.L.1059, No.122)