S.F. No. 3491 - Agriculture Modifications Summary

• Modifies eligibility requirements for manure management and drinking water projects, limiting manure projects to facilities with less than 1,000 animal units and requiring drinking water projects to meet federal standards under Code of Federal Regulations title 40, parts 141 and 143.

• Establishes definitions for biobased products including "biobased content" (at least 51% biobased percentage), "biobased formulated product" (at least 10% biobased content), and "biobutanol" derived from agricultural products, forest products, or renewable resources.

• Reduces production thresholds for advanced biofuel and renewable chemical facilities from annual to quarterly measurements, changing biofuel facility minimums from 95,000 MMbtu annually to 23,750 MMbtu quarterly and renewable chemical facilities from 3,000,000 pounds annually to 750,000 pounds quarterly.

• Expands the agriculture research, education, extension, and technology transfer grant program advisory panel to include representatives from commodity councils, forest product manufacturers, organic agriculture, and environmental conservation organizations.

• Extends avian influenza emergency response appropriations availability through June 30, 2019 for the commissioner of agriculture, and increases funding allocations from $14,993,000 to $19,010,000 for agriculture, bioenergy, and bioproduct advancement programs.