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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§17054 Biofuels Distribution and Advanced Biofuels Infrastructure

Title 42 › CHAPTER 152 — ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY › SUBCHAPTER II — ENERGY SECURITY THROUGH INCREASED PRODUCTION OF BIOFUELS › Part C — Biofuels Infrastructure › § 17054

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must run a research, development, and demonstration program about how fuels move through current transportation systems and through new alternative systems. The Secretary must work with the Secretary of Transportation and ask the EPA Administrator for advice. The program must study the physical and chemical properties of biofuels and how to prevent or reduce harm. It covers 9 areas including corrosion of pipes and tanks, dissolving tank sediments, clogged filters, contamination by water or other pollutants, poor flow in cold weather, instability in long storage, microbial contamination, electrical conductivity problems, and other issues the Secretary thinks are important.

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Title 42, §17054

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general
The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation and in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall carry out a program of research, development, and demonstration relating to existing transportation fuel distribution infrastructure and new alternative distribution infrastructure.
(b)Focus
The program described in subsection (a) shall focus on the physical and chemical properties of biofuels and efforts to prevent or mitigate against adverse impacts of those properties in the areas of— (1)
(2)dissolving of storage tank sediments;
(3)clogging of filters;
(4)contamination from water or other adulterants or pollutants;
(5)poor flow properties related to low temperatures;
(6)oxidative and thermal instability in long-term storage and uses;
(7)microbial contamination;
(8)problems associated with electrical conductivity; and
(9)such other areas as the Secretary considers appropriate.

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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.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 17054

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110