FIRST ASSISTANT SECRETARY, ENVIRONMENT QUALITY DIVISION
DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
NOTICE UNDER SECTION 17A OF THE FUEL QUALITY STANDARDS ACT 2000 CONCERNING DECISIONS TO VARY APPROVALS GRANTED UNDER SECTION 13 OF THE FUEL QUALITY STANDARDS ACT 2000
I, Diana Wright, First Assistant Secretary, Environment Quality Division, delegate of the Minister for the Environment, provide the following information concerning my decision made pursuant to section 17D of the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000 (the Act) to vary approvals granted under section 13 of the Act.
Name of approval holders
The National Biofuels Group Pty Ltd
Biodiesel Producers Ltd
Neumann Petroleum Pty Ltd
Smorgon Fuels Pty Ltd
Macquarie Oil Company
Freedom Fuels Terminalling Pty Ltd
The Biodiesel Station Pty Ltd
Hahn Environmental Services Pty Ltd (formerly Future Fuels Australia Pty Ltd) Australian Renewable Fuels Adelaide Pty Ltd
Australian Renewable Fuels Picton Pty Ltd
Eagle Fuels Pty Ltd
Mogas Regional Pty Ltd
Pro Green Biofuels Pty Ltd
Eastern Great Southern Petroleum
Central State Fuels Pty Ltd
LogicOil Pty Ltd (formerly Pre-Logic Pty Ltd)
Kifuel Pty Ltd
Consolidated Biodiesel Pty Ltd acting as trustee for Eco Tech Biodiesel Unit Trust Bioworks Australia Pty Ltd
Glencore Singapore Pte Ltd
Ashoil Pty Ltd
Period of operation
The period of operation of the varied approvals is from the date of the approval until 30 June 2016.
Details of the approval
The approval varies the fuel standard for automotive diesel set out in the Fuel Standard (Automotive Diesel) Determination 2001 (Diesel Determination) to allow the supply of diesel containing biodiesel at levels of more than five per cent but not more than 20 per cent.
The approval applies to fuel supplied by each company and is subject to the original conditions set out in each original approval instrument and in section 17 of the Act.
Summary of reasons for the approval
- Biodiesel blends are already being supplied to the market and the variations to approvals are required to allow suppliers to continue supplying these blends to existing and potential customers.
- There could be a detrimental effect on the development of the Australian biodiesel industry if the variations to approvals are not granted.
- The approvals only relate to the variation of the biodiesel content in the Diesel Determination for diesel biodiesel blends containing above five per cent and up to 20 per cent biodiesel.
- The labelling condition will provide information for consumers about the biodiesel content in the diesel on fuel dispensers.
Diana Wright
First Assistant Secretary
Environment Quality Division
15 April 2014