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tenants could be displaced, and several air freight operationsmight also be affected by any reconfiguration of the quadrant.In a subsequent meeting with the GA tenants, two countysupervisors among the resolution’s sponsors pledged to workwith all parties toward an acceptable compromise, CollinsCompany To Develop Commercial Replacement ForLeaded General Aviation GasolineWEST LAFAYETTE, IND. – Professionals in the aviation andenergy sectors have formed a company to scale up productionof a high-octane, unleaded, sustainable general aviationgasoline and bring it to market. Swift Fuels LLC was createdin partnership between Swift Development Renewable FuelsLLC and South Dakota-based RMB Energy LLC. Rob Broin,head of RMB Energy, is the interim CEO and Jon Ziulkowskifrom SDRF is COO. Swift Fuels LLC is based in WestLafayette, Indiana. Broin said Swift Fuels will be responsible fordeveloping a market for 100SF, the company!s unleaded generalaviation gasoline."This includes completing the approval of 100SF by ASTMInternational and the Federal Aviation Administration foruse in all airplanes currently fueled by 100LL, and beginningimmediate production of 100SF for testing and commercialuse,# said Ziulkowski. Broin has a proven track record in thealternative energy arena through his nearly two decades as aprincipal of Broin and Associates Inc., which is now part ofsaid.AOPA says that collaboration and communication are thekeys to ensuring smooth planning, and having an organizedairport support group or tenants association is very helpful inensuring that GA’s voice is heard at an airport.POET LLC, one of the nation!s largest ethanol manufacturers."With the added strength of Rob!s vision and expertise, wecan finally realize the vision for lead-free general aviation fuelthat sustained Swift through many past challenges,# Ziulkowskisaid. "We can all see a very tangible path to success for 100SF.#Broin explained why he was interested in working todevelop 100SF: "I was blessed to have played a role inestablishing an industry that is responsible for reducingAmerica!s demand for foreign-sourced, liquid motor fuel witha renewable product,# he said. "In Swift Fuels we have a similaropportunity to replace an environmentally hazardous leadedproduct with a synthetic, high-performance, renewable fuel.#Ziulkowski spoke about milestones that 100SF has alreadyachieved.$ "With the publication of ASTM D7719 in May 2011,the industry is taking a proactive, forward-thinking approachto resolving the issues present with leaded general aviationfuels before the government is forced to impose a regulatorysolution,# he said. "Additionally, we are receiving tremendouscooperation from the FAA on our Cessna 172 SupplementalType Certificate program” (http://www.swiftfuels.com). Oregon & Washington Push To DevelopNew Aviation Biofuels IndustryIf Idaho farmers get their way, they will be growingfeedstocks that don’t compete today with food, such asethanol has done with corn, driving up prices. The U.S.Department of Agriculture offered a program in Washingtonto encourage farmers to grow “camelina,” a oil seed plant, thatalready has been used in the jet fuel to power the U.S. AirForce Thunderbirds.Imagine an entirely new industry that creates a big newmarket for Idaho’s farmers and eventually loggers. It tapsthe scientific know-how of Idaho universities and the IdahoNational Laboratory. It would have the U.S. military and twoof the Pacific Northwest’s leading companies, Boeing andAlaska Airlines, putting their weight behind it. And it wouldbe tied to a worldwide effort to develop an aviation biofuelindustry that could replace 20 percent of jet fuel in less than adecade.Consider that producing 475 million gallons of biofuel,which would be enough to create a 50-percent biofuel blendto meet the Northwest’s aviation demand, would create anestimated 23,000 jobs across the economy, add $4.1 billionto Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth and $445 millionin federal tax revenues, and $383 million for state and localgovernments, a study showed.Oregon and Washington leaders already imagined this,but so far, Idaho is only nominally on board. Boeing, AlaskaAirlines, the operators of the region’s three largest airports –Port of Seattle, Port of Portland and Spokane InternationalAirport – and Washington State University launchedSustainable Aviation Fuels Northwest in 2010, the first regionalgroup exploring aviation biofuels on a bioregional basis.Officials from Boeing and Climate Solutions, the groupof companies and airports engaged to moderate the effort,laid out their ambitious plans at the Harvesting Clean Energyconference held recently at the Boise Centre on the Grove.AIRPAC_Ad 1/27/05 12:40 PM Page 1Boeing’s Michael Hurd revealed the jet manufacturing giant’sgoal to produce one percent of the world’s jet fuel demand –about 500 to 600 million gallons – by 2015. This Northwestconsortium is working toward developing a plant to beginproduction to meet this goal.Plane CDOver 20 aviation databases including U.S. AircraftOwners, Pilots, New Students, Airport Managers and AviationBusinesses on one CD. 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