Alcohol & Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

This bureau carries responsibility for regulating¹ the alcohol produced at an Alcohol Fuel Plant or AFP. Alcohol produced at an AFP is by law, restricted to be ''exclusively for fuel use.'' According to the TTB, the bureau interprets the term to mean only the use of alcohol in motor fuel products that decrease the U.S. reliance on petroleum.

The restriction to "exclusively for fuel use" applies as well to alcoholic byproducts produced at an AFP. Such byproducts may not be used for other than fuel purposes. For example, the residue of distillation may not be used for animal feed unless the residue contains no significant alcohol.

AFP proprietors who wish to use alcohol produced at their plants for purposes other than fuel use must re-qualify their plants as regular distilled spirits plants (DSPs). Information on doing this may be obtained from the National Revenue Center?.

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¹ More information is needed about the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau and relevant regulation.

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