Bill Text: VA SJR127 | 2024 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Sustainable aviation fuel; encouraging use in the Commonwealth.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-03-09 - Left in Rules [SJR127 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-SJR127-Engrossed.html
WHEREAS, Virginia has 66 public-use airports, nine of which are commercial service; and
WHEREAS, Virginia is centrally located on the eastern seaboard, making it an ideal location for the distribution of sustainable aviation fuel to other East Coast states; and
WHEREAS, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the United States aviation industry has increased consumption of sustainable aviation fuel by 243 percent over the past two years; and
WHEREAS, sustainable aviation fuel is a fuel made of sustainable biomass feedstocks; and
WHEREAS, sustainable aviation fuel [ reduces using
certain feedstocks can reduce ] greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to
fossil jet fuel; and
WHEREAS, sustainable aviation fuel can be made from
sustainable biomass feedstocks such as corn, oilseeds, sugarcane, agricultural
residues, [ and ] used cooking oil [ , forest residuals, and others ] ;
and
WHEREAS, Virginia is one of the country's leading producers of the sustainable biomass feedstocks; and
WHEREAS, other states are competing for the significant economic development opportunities created by sustainable aviation fuel; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring,
That the Commonwealth of Virginia is encouraged to take [ all ] practical
steps to increase the use of sustainable aviation fuel in the Commonwealth,
regionally, and nationally. Therefore, the Secretary of Transportation,
Department of Aviation, Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources, Department
of Energy, and Virginia Economic Development Partnership are encouraged to
consider ways to facilitate the Commonwealth's efforts to ensure that Virginia
is a national leader in the development and use of sustainable aviation fuel,
and should, as part of this effort, work with Virginia producers to use [ ,
to the maximum extent possible, ] Virginia sustainable biomass feedstocks
as a source for sustainable aviation fuel; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit a copy
of this resolution to the [ the ] Director of the Department of
Aviation, requesting that the Director further disseminate copies of this
resolution to the Department of Aviation's respective constituents so that they
may be apprised of the sense of the General Assembly of Virginia in this
matter.
