HOW TO LIST "BIOHEAT®" ON CUSTOMER DELIVERY TICKETS


NEFI has received inquiries into whether or not the term "BioHeat®" may be used on product transfer documents, such as shipping papers or customer delivery tickets. BioHeat marketers interested in using the term on their delivery tickets may do so, but only if it is separate from the Department of Transportation and Environmental Protection Agency required wording. BioHeat marketers may not modify federally mandated wording, either. Some members have asked if they can replace the word "heating oil” in the EPA-mandated descriptor that reads, "Dyed Unmarked Heating Oil: Not for use in nonroad, highway, locomotive or marine engines" with the term "bioheat," "bio-heating oil" or similar. THIS IS NOT PERMITTED WITHOUT EXPRESS APPROVAL FROM THE EPA. NEFI Regulatory Counsel Mark S. Morgan, Esq., has contacted EPA officials about alternative language on the delivery ticket for marketers that wish to promote biofuel-blended heating oil. We will update you once we receive word from the EPA. Please remember that the term "BioHeat" is a registered trademark of the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) and the National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA). To obtain a license agreement free of charge, contact NORA at (703) 340-1660.

SHIPPING PAPER REQUIREMENTS FOR BIODIESEL BLENDED FUELS


After circulating a compliance bulletin for ethanol shipping paper requirements, NEFI has been contacted by members inquiring as to the requirements for transportation of biodiesel-blended fuels. The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) initially required that all diesel fuel/biodiesel be listed on shipping paper documents as "diesel fuel solution." Thanks to petitions from Regulatory Counsel Mark S. Morgan, Esq., the PHMSA decided to exempt certain biodiesel fuel blends up to 5 percent (B-5) from the "diesel fuel solution" shipping paper name.


The following are authorized HAZMAT shipping information required by PHMSA when transporting biodiesel blends. Please note as well that the PHMSA requirements do not modify or replace shipping paper requirements for other regulators, such as the EPA's sulfur content descriptors. Commercial shipping names such as "B-2," "B-20," etc. may be placed following the basic descriptions listed above, but with enough space to the right of the description to clearly separate it. The use of permanent shipping papers for multiple deliveries is allowed.

      Fuel Blend                          Required Wording

    
          

                                                    “Diesel Fuel 3, NA1993 PG III” or

      Biodiesel Blends Up to B-5        “Diesel Fuel 3, UN1202 PG III” or

                                                            “Gas Oil UN 3, UN202 PG III”   


    

                                                          “Diesel Fuel Solution 3, NA1993 PG III” or

      Biodiesel Blends Over B-5        “Diesel Fuel Solution 3, UN1202 PG III” or

                                                          “Gas Oil Solution 3, UN1202 PG III”

 

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