Renewable Fuel

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-023827",
  "term": "Renewable Fuel",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Motor vehicle fuel that is used to replace or reduce the quantity of fossil fuel present in a fuel mixture used to fuel a motor vehicle, and is produced from any of the following: grain, starch, oilseed; vegetable, animal, or fish materials including fats, greases, and oils; sugarcane, sugar beets, sugar components; tobacco, potatoes, other biomass; natural gas produced from a biogas source, including a landfill, sewage waste treatment plant, feedlot, or other place where there is decaying organic material. The term “Renewable fuel” includes cellulosic biomass ethanol, waste derived ethanol, biodiesel (mono-alkyl ester), non-ester renewable diesel, and blending components derived from renewable fuel.\n\n2. Fuel which meets all of the requirements of paragraph (1) of this definition:(1)(i) Fuel that is produced from renewable biomass.(ii) Fuel that is used to replace or reduce the quantity of fossil fuel present in a transportation fuel, heating oil, or jet fuel.(iii) Has lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions that are at least 20 percent less than baseline lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, unless the fuel is exempt from this requirement pursuant to § 80.1403.(2) Ethanol covered by this definition shall be denatured as required and defined in 27 CFR parts 19 through 21. Any volume of denaturant added to the undenatured ethanol by a producer or importer in excess of 2 volume percent shall not be included in the volume of ethanol for purposes of determining compliance with the requirements under this subpart. [40 CFR 80.1401 (CFR 2013)]\n\n3. (2) Ethanol covered by this definition shall be denatured using an ethanol denaturant as required in 27 CFR parts 19 through 21. Any volume of ethanol denaturant added to the undenatured ethanol by a producer or importer in excess of 2 volume percent shall not be included in the volume of ethanol for purposes of determining compliance with the requirements under this subpart.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 80.1101 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 80.2 (CFR 2024)",
    "40 CFR 80.1401 (CFR 2020)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/renewable-fuel/"
}