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Florida E10 News:

"Bronson Unveils New Fuel Quality Standards For Gas Ethanol Blends"

Florida Current News/Articles:

Article: July 23rd, 2008 found online at South Florida Business Journal.

Title: "Gas station inspectors try to ensure pain at the pump isn't a scam".

Source: St. Louis Business Journal.

Excerpt:

"With gas prices pinching pocketbooks, Ronald Hayes gets a lot more phone calls these days

from drivers worried about gas stations ripping them off...".

Read full article here: http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/othercities/stlouis/stories/2008/07/21/daily33.html

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Article: May 16, 2008 found online at South Florida Buainess Journal.

Title: "NE Florida gas stations are converting to ethanol blend".

Source: Jacksonville Business Journal.

Excerpts:

"As the price of petroleum reaches record highs almost daily, gas stations across Northeast Florida are quietly converting to E10 ...".

And

"One of those opportunity costs is a 51 cents-per-gallon federal tax credit given to petroleum producers and marketers to blend ethanol with petroleum..."

And

"Hess completed the E10 conversion of its 320 Florida gas stations in mid-March. Chevron Products' Talleyrand terminal began blending E10 April 16..."

Read full article here: http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2008/05/19/story10.html?q=florida%20gas%20station%20inspections

More Resources:

- The U.S. Department of Energy website includes extensive information on renewable and alternative fuels -

Visit Alternative Fuel Data Center (AFDC). VISIT: www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/incentives_laws.html;

- Renewable Fuels Standards and several other topics on EPA website.

VISIT: www.epa.gov/otaq/renewablefuels/ and www.epa.gov/air/caa/peg/carstrucks.html

Florida law requires gas pump labeling with an E10 sticker when ethanol is added to gasoline...

Several reported stations are not currently complying with this consumer-protective state law.

In recent years most states have rapidly switched to ethanol oxygenated blends (up to 10% ethanol) with minimal problems.

Why have Florida consumers experienced so much difficulty?

While a humid environment will pose a greater risk, in this state it appears that in this southern state, the increased incidence of contaminated fuel sold is due to lack of quality assurance testing/regulation and improper storage of E10, resulting in

gasoline sold with excess water (phase separation) and over legal content of ethanol.

View more information on Florida - Ethanol Renewable Fuel Standards & E10 Laws

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- Florida DOACS Department Press Release -

Copied from Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

View at www.doacs.state.fl.us/press/2008/03132008.html

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Department Press Release

03-13-2008

Terence McElroy

(850) 488-3022 mcelrot@doacs.state.fl.us

Bronson Unveils New Fuel Quality Standards For Gasoline/Ethanol Blends

TALLAHASSEE – Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson today announced new fuel quality standards for gasoline blended with ethanol.

All motor fuels sold in Florida, including those containing ethanol, are required to meet fuel quality standards adopted by the department to ensure proper consumer vehicle performance. Motor fuels not meeting these standards are not permitted to be sold to consumers.

These changes specifically target selected fuel quality standards for gasoline blended with 10 percent or less ethanol. They take into account the effect ethanol has on the properties of gasoline when the two are mixed together.

Ethanol, an alternative and renewable fuel that can be made from a variety of agricultural crops and wastes as well as biomass, has the potential to alleviate the nation’s dependence on foreign oil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It is a cleaner-burning fuel that can easily be mixed with gasoline in concentrations of 10 percent or less and used in virtually any modern day automobile.

Blending ethanol with gasoline is beneficial for the environment as it burns cleaner than gasoline, contributing to the reduction of greenhouse gas and other harmful tailpipe emissions.

Today, numerous gas stations in Florida are selling gasoline/ethanol blends and doing so with great success. However, capacity still exists for more ethanol blending to take place in Florida, which is expected to significantly increase as a result of these new fuel quality standards.

Florida ranks third in the nation in its use of motor fuel, consuming about 8.7 billion gallons of gasoline annually. As a result, the state has the potential to reduce gasoline consumption by 870 million gallons each year through the addition of a 10 percent ethanol mix in the gasoline supply chain.

Bronson believes that his department’s ‘Farm to Fuel’ initiative – an initiative in which state agricultural producers are being encouraged to raise crops and use biomass to produce renewable energy - will increase the amount of ethanol and biodiesel produced, blended and sold in Florida.

“As our ‘Farm to Fuel’ initiative moves forward, we expect to be among the leading producers of bio fuels in the country,” Bronson said.

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Bad Gas in Florida, causing driving, performance problems or engine damage?

Contact Florida Bureau of Petroleum Inspection for investigation (contact information below).

Who they are: The Florida Bureau of Petroleum Inspection regularly conducts inspection of petroleum fuel distributed throughout Florida to assure fuel meets state standards, which are considered among the strictest in the nation.

In 2006-07 this department issued 352 stop-sale orders to prevent the sale of 961,242 gallons of substandard fuel.

For more information on this government agency visit: www.doacs.state.fl.us/standard/petro/index.html

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Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,

Division of Standards, Petroleum Inspection:

Telephone: (850) 488-9740 Fax : (850) 922-6655

Field Office Telephone: (850) 487-2634

Mailing Address: Bureau of Petroleum Inspection

3125 Conner Blvd. Lab 1, Mail Stop L29

Tallahassee, FL 32399-1650

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In March 2008 FL Commissioner Bronson of the DOACS boldly announced

requirement that all fuel sold in Florida must contain 10% ethanol -

Note: While one of the strictest E10 laws in the nation with intent to rapidly increase Florida's use of renewable fuels, the standards do include ethanol exempt provsions when non-ethanol fuel may be sold, which includes Marine engines, Aircraft, Classic Cars and more. View Florida page 1.