Welcome to the Biodiesel Co-op of Los Angeles!
Here you’ll find news about the co-op (officially known as the Biodiesel Cooperative of Los Angeles, Inc.)
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Latest News:
May ends our fiscal year…. Renew and Join now!
The Co-op just officially celebrated its 7th anniversary (or 8th ‘birthday’ — if any corporations can achieve ‘personhood’, co-ops certainly deserve it!) , just a few days after National Biodiesel Day (Rudolf Diesel’s birthday) March 18. Now is a good time to renew your fueling membership, or join the Co-op for access to ASTM6751 compliant B99 biodiesel, the “greenest” alternative on the road today!
May 14 — Tuesday, 10 AM to 4 PM, the staff of the California Air Resources Board (ARB) invited the us to participate in a public meeting [Cal/EPA Headquarters Building, Room 550, 1001 "I" Street, Sacramento], to discuss regulatory concepts for establishing fuel requirements for alternative diesel fuels (ADF), including biodiesel, renewable diesel and other emerging diesel fuel substitutes. The goal is to conduct public meetings leading to the development of a regulatory proposal for consideration by the Board in Fall 2013. They anticipate the regulatory concepts would involve new alternative diesel fuel provisions, as well as amendments to the existing diesel fuel regulation to accommodate the new ADF requirements and to update outdated provisions. Please note that this effort will not involve changes to other existing transportation fuel programs, such as those for compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, hydrogen, or electricity.
During this meeting, they discussed their biodiesel literature search, completed and on-going emissions research studies, as well as preliminary regulatory concepts. ARB staff posted a white paper, which describes staff’s initial regulatory concepts for an ADF regulation. The white paper is available at http://www.arb.ca.gov/fuels/diesel/altdiesel/20130212ADFRegConcept.pdf. General information about the ADF regulation as well as biodiesel and renewable diesel can be found at http://www.arb.ca.gov/fuels/diesel/altdiesel/biodiesel.htm. Other State agencies were invited to present an update of their ADF-related activities, including the regulations governing the variance which allows the Co-op to operate as a “developmental fuel testing fleet”. Public written comments will be accepted until May 14, 2013. Comments may be emailed to amitchel@arb.ca.gov.
Hope springs eternal for the Co-op….
NEW EAST LOS ANGELES LOCATION!! Our East LA facility is up and operating at a site sponsored by Cinnabar, 4571 Electronics Place, Los Angeles, near the junction of the Glendale and Golden State Freeways south of Glendale! Access will be limited, to 7AM to 5:30PM Monday through Friday. Our Torrance facility, sponsored by the City of Torrance Public Works Department, 20414 Madrona Ave., remains open, 24/7/365!
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