US state greenlit for increased biodiesel mandate

The Minnesota Departments of Agriculture, Commerce and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency have announced a move to a B10 biodiesel mandate after certain conditions were met.

All departments are required to determine whether four statutory conditions had been met before increasing the minimum biodiesel content mandate to B10, which was originally due in 2012, before next moving to B20 in 2015.

These conditions involve federal standards for blend specifications, the production capacity of biodiesel in Minnesota, the amount of infrastructure and regulatory protocol for biodiesel blending and the source of feedstocks.

‘The commissioners are hereby giving notice that all four conditions have been satisfied and there the state of Minnesota will move to a B10 biodiesel mandate,’ a statement read this October.