Alternative Diesel Fuels 2015

This page last reviewed November 20, 2015

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED REGULATION ON THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF ALTERNATIVE DIESEL FUELS


(Hearing Date: February 19, 2015 and September 24, 2015)

The second hearing for the Alternative Diesel Fuels regulation has been shifted from July to September 2015.
ADF program page: http://www.arb.ca.gov/fuels/diesel/altdiesel/biodiesel.htm
The hearing will be on September 24th and 25th in Sacramento, California. http://www.arb.ca.gov/regact/regact15.htm


Public Comments Received

FINAL APPROVAL / OAL ACTION

OAL approved the rulemaking and filed it with the Secretary of State on November 16, 2015. The effective date is January 1, 2016.


ADOPTED REGULATIONS AND MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO OAL 

The Final Rulemaking Package was filed with OAL on October 2, 2015.  OAL has until November 16, 2015 to make a determination.

  • Final Regulation Order ~see revised above~
  • Updated Informative Digest ~see revised above~

  • Notice of Decision (PDF - 482K)


SECOND HEARING ACTION

Posted October 5, 2015

Resolution 15-41 (PDF - 437KB)
                   Attachment D ~ Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations (PDF - 97K)

Resolution 15-51 (PDF - 689KB)

SECOND PUBLIC HEARING MATERIALS 

Posted September 25, 2015

Supplemental Responses to Comments on the Alternative Diesel Fuel Regulation (PDF - 39K)
Supplement to the Responses to Comments on the Environmental Analysis (PDF - 56K)

Posted September 24, 2015


Responses to Comments on the Alternative Diesel Fuel Regulation (PDF - 130MB)

Posted September 21, 2015

The ADF regulation proposed text, incorporating all 15-day changes (PDF - 316K)
Final Environmental Analysis (EA) (PDF - 1576K)
Response to Comments on the EA (PDF - 50809K)

HEARING ACTION AND SUPPLEMENTAL 15-DAY NOTICES 

Posted May 22, 2015

Notice of Public Availability of Modified Text (PDF - 675K)

Deadline for Public Comment: June 8, 2015


Posted March 3, 2015


Resolution 15-5 (PDF - 575K)

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE AND RELATED MATERIAL

Posted December 30, 2014

Notice of Public Hearing (PDF - 3.66MK)

Deadline to Submit Public Comments: February 17, 2015, at 5:00 p.m. or at the Public Hearing on February 19, 2015.

Staff Report: Initial Statement of Reasons (ISOR) (PDF - 386K)

  • Appendix A: Proposed Regulation Order (PDF - 234K)
  • Appendix B: Technical Supporting Information (PDF - 147K)
  • Appendix C: Economic Supporting Information (PDF - 22K)
  • Appendix D:  Draft Environmental Analysis  (PDF - 936K)
  • Appendix E:  Summary of DOF Comments to the Combined LCFS/ADF SRIA and ARB Responses, Includes Combined LCFS/ADF SRIA (PDF - 155K)
  • Appendix F:  Inputs and Outputs of REMI Modeling  (PDF - 39K)
  • Appendix G:  Supplemental Statistical Analysis (PDF - 134K)


INFORMAL REGULATORY ACTIVITY


Rulemaking Activity for 2015
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