---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 490.703"
title: "10"
number: "490.703"
heading: "Biodiesel fuel use credit allocation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/490.703"
---

# §490.703. Biodiesel fuel use credit allocation.

- (a) DOE shall allocate to a fleet or covered person one credit for each qualifying volume of the biodiesel component of a fuel that contains at least 20 percent biodiesel by volume if:
  - (1) Each qualifying volume of the biodiesel component of a fuel was purchased after November 13, 1998;
  - (2) The biodiesel component of fuel is used in vehicles owned or operated by the fleet or covered person; and
  - (3) The biodiesel component of the fuel is used in vehicles weighing more than 8,500 pounds gross vehicle weight rating.
- (b) No credit shall be allocated under this subpart for a purchase of the biodiesel component of a fuel if the fuel is:
  - (1) For use in alternative fueled vehicles which have been used to satisfy the alternative fueled vehicle acquisition requirements under Titles III and V of the Energy Policy Act of 1992; or
  - (2) **Required by Federal or State law.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 27174, May 19, 1999, as amended at 66 FR 2210, Jan. 11, 2001]

### Source

Source: 64 FR 27174, May 19, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7191 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 13201, 13211, 13220, 13251 et seq; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 10653, Mar. 14, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[64 FR 27174, May 19, 1999, as amended at 66 FR 2210, Jan. 11, 2001]