New York S 2411: Relates to bioheating fuel requirements

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S02411 Summary:

BILL NOS02411 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09677

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SPONSORPARKER

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §19-0327, En Con L

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Relates to bioheating fuel requirements; allows B100 or B99 biofuel and R100 or R99 renewable fuel to be used to blend with or replace fossil heating oil in order to create bioheating fuel.

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BILL NOS02411 

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01/17/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

05/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.1372

05/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.

06/04/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

03/10/20261ST REPORT CAL.534

03/11/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/12/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/18/2026PASSED SENATE

03/18/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/18/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2411

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 bioheating fuel requirements

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 19-0327 of the environmental conservation law, as
 2 amended by chapter 750 of the laws of 2021, paragraph (b) of subdivision
 3 1 and subdivision 9 as amended by chapter 5 of the laws of 2022, is
 4 amended to read as follows:
 5 § 19-0327. Bioheating fuel requirements.
 6 (1) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following terms
 7 shall have the following meanings:
 8 (a) ["Biodiesel"] "Biofuel" shall mean a fuel, designated one hundred
 9 percent B100 or a blend of ninety-nine percent B99 biodiesel by volume,
 10 that meets the requirements of the ASTM international specification
 11 D6751 or the requirements of the ASTM international specification D975;
 12 provided, however, that biofuel shall include R100 or R99 produced from
 13 hydroprocessing renewable biomass feedstocks.
 14 (b) "Renewable Hydrocarbon Diesel" shall mean a [North American-pro-
 15 duced] fuel derived from vegetable oils, animal fats, and other renewa-
 16 ble feedstocks that meet the requirements of ASTM international specifi-
 17 cation D975. Renewable hydrocarbon shall not include any fuel from
 18 co-processed biomass with a feedstock that is not biomass.
 19 (c) "Bioheating fuel" shall mean a fuel, designated B100 or B99,
 20 comprised of [biodiesel] biofuel blended with petroleum heating oil that
 21 meets the requirements of the ASTM international specification D396, a
 22 [fuel comprised of domestically-produced renewable hydrocarbon diesel]
 23 biofuel, designated R100 or R99 with petroleum heating oil that meets
 24 the specifications of ASTM international specification D975, or other
 25 specifications as determined by the commissioner.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06490-01-5

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 1 (d) "Heating oil" shall mean petroleum oil refined for the purpose of
 2 use as fuel for combustion in a space and/or water heating system that
 3 meets the requirements of the [ATSM] ASTM international specification
 4 D396 or other specifications as determined by the commissioner.
 5 (e) "Feedstock" shall mean soybean oil, oil from annual cover crops,
 6 algal oil, biogenic waste oils, fats or greases, or non-food grade corn
 7 oil, provided that the commissioner may, by rules and regulations, modi-
 8 fy the definition of feedstock based on the vegetable oils, animal fats
 9 or cellulosic biomass listed in table 1 of 40 C.F.R. § 80.1426.
 10 (2) On and after July first, two thousand eighteen, all heating oil
 11 sold for use in any building within the counties of Nassau, Suffolk and
 12 Westchester shall be bioheating fuel that contains at least five percent
 13 [biodiesel] biofuel.
 14 (3) On or after July first, two thousand twenty-two, all heating oil
 15 sold for use in any building within the