House Bill (HB) 3463 passed the 2009 Legislature and was signed by the Governor requiring this mandate. A notification letter has been mailed to all license holders of F, G, and H meters in the State of Oregon. In addition, a temporary administrative rule has been filed immediately implementing HB 3463.

The temporary administrative rule adopts the 2009 ASTM International motor fuel standards, the new biodiesel blending mandate, updates biodiesel blend dispenser labeling to include FTC approved labeling, updates the E85 fuel ethanol dispenser labeling requirements to comply with current NIST Handbook 130 model regulations, and makes editorial corrections such as spelling errors and eliminating the ethanol blending phase-in that is now obsolete. 

Here are some other details that effect the industry:

Dispenser labeling; Dispensers of B5 blends and less do not require additional labeling unless there is already a reference to biodiesel on them. In this case, they must be labeled with the volume percent biodiesel in the blend. The details are in the administrative rule, OAR 603-027-0430(6)(e)(A).

Delivery documentation or Bills of Lading (BOL): Delivery documentation must state the specific amount of biodiesel in the blend. For example, "B2 biodiesel blend", B2 biodiesel", or something similar that clearly identifies the diesel as blended with at least 2% biodiesel.

Similar to the ethanol blending mandate, two weeks after the date of the notification letter, delivery documentation as of August 5, 2009, needs to certify at least B2 biodiesel blends are being delivered to the nine northwest Oregon counties. So it is possible that a business may have one or two delivery documents (or BOL) before those dates that do not show B2. This gives time for the B2 blends to work their way through the system and keeps businesses from having to pump out their storage tanks and dispose of the diesel fuel that does not yet have the B2 biodiesel blend.