P.R. Laws tit. 10, § 494
Any natural or juridical person who elaborates, imports, distributes, stores, sells, or delivers diesel’s alternative fuel, known as biodiesel, in Puerto Rico shall be required to file a written report every six (6) months with the Energy Affairs Administration stating in detail the following:
(a) The amount of biodiesel manufactured, imported, distributed, stored, sold, or delivered by such person within the six (6) months preceding the report.
(b) If such person blended biodiesel with diesel oil within the six (6) months preceding the report, the amount of blended biodiesel and the biodiesel percentage in the final blend resulting from such process.
(c) For pure biodiesel, the result of a random sample analysis conducted at least once during such six (6)-month period, to be compared with the parameters set forth in the standard known as ASTM D6751.
(d) For blended biodiesel, the result of a random sample analysis conducted at least once during such six (6)-month period, to be compared with the requirements set forth in the ASTM D975 standard (for blends of up to B5) and the ASTM D7467 standard (for blends B6 to B20), specifically including, but not limited to the following:
(1) Sulfur content;
(2) aromatic hydrocarbon content;
(3) specific gravity;
(4) gravity per the standards promulgated by the American Petroleum Institute;
(5) cetane number or index;
(6) temperatures at which ten percent (10%), fifty percent (50%), and ninety percent (90%) of fuel resulting from the blending process boiled during distillation.
Any laboratory analysis required by this chapter or the regulations approved thereunder shall be carried out by a fuel laboratory accredited by the National Biodiesel Accreditation Program (BQ-9000) of the National Biodiesel Board’s National Biodiesel Accreditation Commission. The laboratory carrying out the tests shall be independent and completely disassociated with the natural or juridical person required to submit the periodical analysis provided under this chapter and by the regulations thereunder.
The Energy Affairs Administration shall be authorized to require any other information it deems necessary to fulfill the purposes of this chapter.
History —July 27, 2011, No. 153, § 5.