(a) A qualified biodiesel producer shall be eligible for not more than sixty monthly grants from the Connecticut qualified biodiesel producer incentive account, established pursuant to section 32-324a. The Department of Economic and Community Development, in consultation with the person, firm, corporation or entity selected to implement the grant pursuant to subsection (b) of section 32-324a, if applicable, shall determine monthly grant amounts by calculating the estimated gallons of biodiesel produced during the preceding month, as certified by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, or a designee, and applying such figure to the per gallon incentive credit established in subsection (b) of this section. For such certification purposes, a qualified biodiesel producer shall be required to provide the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development only with a certificate of analysis that documents compliance with the critical specifications of the American Society of Testing and Materials or “ASTM” standard D6751, including, but not limited to, the Tier II biodiesel fuel quality protocol accepted by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection.
(b) Each qualified biodiesel producer shall be eligible for a total grant in any fiscal year equal to the following amounts: (1) For the first five million gallons of biodiesel produced, thirty cents per gallon; (2) for the second five million gallons of biodiesel produced, twenty cents per gallon; and (3) for the third five million gallons of biodiesel produced, ten cents per gallon, except in the event that all moneys available for such grant program total: (A) Two hundred thousand dollars or less, not more than twenty cents per gallon regardless of the number of gallons of biodiesel produced, and (B) one hundred thousand dollars or less, not more than ten cents per gallon, regardless of the total number of gallons of biodiesel produced.
(c) Biodiesel produced by a qualified biodiesel producer in excess of fifteen million gallons in any fiscal year shall not be eligible for a grant pursuant to this section.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 53; P.A. 08-124, S. 34; P.A. 10-64, S. 3.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4 effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 08-124 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “account” with “Connecticut qualified biodiesel producer incentive account”, effective June 2, 2008 (Revisor's note: In 2009, a reference to “section 32-324b” in Subsec. (a) was changed editorially by the Revisors to “section 32-324a” for accuracy); P.A. 10-64 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision requiring qualified biodiesel producer to provide commissioner only with a certificate of analysis that documents compliance with critical specifications of American Society of Testing and Materials for certification purposes and amended Subsec. (b)(3) by adding exception re total moneys available for grant program, effective May 18, 2010.