FIRST ASSISTANT SECRETARY, ENVIRONMENT STANDARDS 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 THAT ACT
I, Matt Cahill, First Assistant Secretary, Environment Standards 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 to vary approvals granted under section 13 of the Act.
Name of approval holders
- The National Biofuels Group Pty Ltd
- Biodiesel Producers Pty Ltd
- Neumann Petroleum Pty Ltd
- The Trustee for Rojok Unit Trust, trading as Macquarie Oil Company
- Freedom Fuels Terminalling Pty Ltd
- The Biodiesel Station Pty Ltd
- Hahn Group Pty Ltd, trading as Hahn Fuels (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
- ProGreen Biofuels Pty Ltd
- The Trustee for A G & P F McWhirter Family Trust, trading as Great Southern Fuel Supplies (formerly 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
- Petro National Pty Ltd
Period of operation
The period of operation of the varied approvals is from the date of the approval until 30 June 2018.
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 no greater 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.
Matt Cahill
First Assistant Secretary
Environment Standards Division
6 May 2016