COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000

Section 13

GRANT OF APPROVAL

I, Andrew McNee, Assistant Secretary, Environment Protection Branch, delegate for the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, pursuant to section 13 of the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000 (the Act), after consultation with the Fuel Standards Consultative Committee as required by section 24A of the Act, hereby grant this approval to Bioworks Australia Pty Ltd (ABN 23 116 632 136).

This approval varies the fuel standard for automotive diesel set out in the Fuel Standard (Automotive Diesel) Determination 2001 (the diesel determination) so that automotive diesel containing more than five per cent volume by volume biodiesel but not more than 20 per cent volume by volume biodiesel (diesel biodiesel blend) will be taken to comply with the biodiesel parameter specified in the diesel determination.

This approval is granted subject to the conditions specified in section 17 of the Act and the conditions specified in Annexure 1 of this approval.

This approval comes into force on the date of signing and remains in force until 30 June 2014.

Dated 19 December 2012

Andrew McNee……......................................................

Delegate of the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

Annexure 1

Conditions of approval

The approval is subject to the following conditions:

1. The diesel and biodiesel used to create the blends covered by the approval must, before the two fuels are blended, comply with the applicable fuel standard i.e. the Fuel Standard (Automotive Diesel) Determination 2001 and the Fuel Standard (Biodiesel) Determination 2003:

          the committee considers that an exception to this condition is compliance with the density specification in the Fuel Standard (Automotive Diesel) Determination 2001 before blending. A lower density than specified in the Determination should be permitted in the diesel to provide some flexibility for blenders in complying with the density specification in the final blend.

          even though it is not expected that the majority of approval holders would need to rely on this exception, it would assist with the ongoing management of higher blends if the approval holder was required to report on the volume of lower density diesel blended with diesel to produce the blend covered by the approval and also the minimum density levels of the diesel before blending.

2.      The fuel must be clearly labelled at the point of sale or supply identifying the fuel as a blend of diesel and biodiesel:

        the approval should clearly specify that the fuel must not be misrepresented as suitable for all diesel vehicles.

3.      All fuel dispensers supplying fuel that is covered by the approval must be clearly labelled as follows (consistent with the ethanol information standard), to advise consumers of the biodiesel content in the diesel:

          ‘contains up to x% biodiesel’, where x is no less than the percentage of biodiesel in the blend, or

          ‘contains y% biodiesel’ where y is the percentage of biodiesel in the blend.

4.      The applicant must provide reports to the department covering the volume of supply under the approval for the periods:

          from the date of signing of the instrument of approval to 30 June 2013

          1 July 2013 to 31 December 2013

          1 January 2014 to 30 June 2014

The reports are due no later than 30 days after each period ends.