The reauthorization act only mentions ASTM once, as an example of a standard that should apply to third party suppliers, not THE standard, and not specifically for fuel suppliers. So I’m not sure what law is clear to you.
Please be honest in that it’s really GAMA that is standing in the way of adoption of G100UL, demanding an ASTM spec for G100UL when it was never required to begin with. The FAA has approved G100UL with an STC, and it’s independent specification. You are just spreading the FUD in your role as Swift CEO. I wish you would focus on your own fuel instead so that we get the lead out of our avgas. There is room for more than once solution.
How would avgas get to a small airport other than by truck?
Railways don’t go everywhere.
Large YVR has been getting at least some of its aviation fuel by truck from a refinery to the south in WA state, there was an attempt to build a pipeline from a southern arm of the Fraser River to the airport and barge to the southern end of the pipeline. I don’t know if that was approved, there was opposition.
Some aviation fuel comes by barge to the marine terminal of the refinery in Burnaby BC then is trucked to the airport.
Most Avgas moves long distances by pipeline or rail car, and then by truck from distribution sites near major cities to local airports. Traveling from Louisiana to California by truck is much more expensive than by rail. Understand that all the 100LL in western US comes from Richmond CA Chevron refinery, so airports in Oregon, Washington and Nevada get fuel by rail and then truck. Swift’s refinery in Indiana ships by rail to a terminal in San Jose, and then is re-loaded into smaller trucks for delivery to the 6 airports in the area that sell UL94. When we began bringing UL94 to San Jose by truck in 2021 (including special California-approved tractors) it was a lot more expensive thna the 27K gallon rail car shipments in use today.
‘risk’?
Fuel is trucked around the country, especially the ‘last mile’ as few airports have rail service.
Railway transport is not zero risk. And being used for crude oil to the midwet coast of North America.