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42 U.S. Code § 17052. Renewable fuel infrastructure grants
(a) Definition of renewable fuel blend
For purposes of this section, the term “renewable fuel blend” means a gasoline blend that contains not less than 11 percent, and not more than 85 percent, renewable fuel or diesel fuel that contains at least 10 percent renewable fuel.
(b) Infrastructure development grants
(1) Establishment
The Secretary shall establish a program for making grants for providing assistance to retail and wholesale motor fuel dealers or other entities for the installation, replacement, or conversion of motor fuel storage and dispensing infrastructure to be used exclusively to store and dispense renewable fuel blends.
(2) Selection criteriaNot later than 12 months after December 19, 2007, the Secretary shall establish criteria for evaluating applications for grants under this subsection that will maximize the availability and use of renewable fuel blends, and that will ensure that renewable fuel blends are available across the country. Such criteria shall provide for—
(A)
consideration of the public demand for each renewable fuel blend in a particular geographic area based on State registration records showing the number of flexible-fuel vehicles;
(B)
consideration of the opportunity to create or expand corridors of renewable fuel blend stations along interstate or State highways;
(C)
consideration of the experience of each applicant with previous, similar projects;
(D)
consideration of population, number of flexible-fuel vehicles, number of retail fuel outlets, and saturation of flexible-fuel vehicles; and
(E) priority consideration to applications that—
(i)
are most likely to maximize displacement of petroleum consumption, measured as a total quantity and a percentage;
(ii)
are best able to incorporate existing infrastructure while maximizing, to the extent practicable, the use of renewable fuel blends; and
(iii)
demonstrate the greatest commitment on the part of the applicant to ensure funding for the proposed project and the greatest likelihood that the project will be maintained or expanded after Federal assistance under this subsection is completed.
(3) LimitationsAssistance provided under this subsection shall not exceed—
(A)
33 percent of the estimated cost of the installation, replacement, or conversion of motor fuel storage and dispensing infrastructure; or
(B)
$180,000 for a combination of equipment at any one retail outlet location.