田纳西州长 Bill Lee 指示暂停农业染色柴油公路限制执行至10月底
Nashville——田纳西州州长 Bill Lee 已指示州政府暂停执行限制农业使用染色（红色）柴油上路的规定，暂停期至10月底。Lee 在10月2日致州农业厅长 Andy Holt、税务厅长 David Gerregano、交通厅长 Will Reid 以及安全与国土安全厅长 Jeff Long 的信中作出这一指示，与特朗普总统此前放宽染色柴油公路使用并提供税收罚则减免的行政令相衔接。信中还要求税务厅长就染色柴油罚则向联邦国税局（IRS）申请减免。
染色柴油与普通柴油成分相同，只是染成红色以标示其免税属性，原本仅供农场等非公路用途，上路使用只允许在土地与储存点之间五英里的范围内，且农户购买免税柴油须出示税务厅签发的农业销售与使用税豁免证书；在公路上违规使用免税柴油属于逃税。Lee 在信中说：“我们必须竭尽全力支持田纳西州的农民和林业从业者。为此，我指示你们在10月底之前，暂停执行田纳西州有关染色柴油对本州农业经济的限制。”
在州长行动之前，两名州参议员曾于9月29日致信 Lee，要求暂停相关限制至11月15日。州政府尚未公布是否会把暂停期延长至10月底之后。
信息来源：田纳西州州长办公室、WVLT
Tennessee Governor Lee Suspends Dyed Diesel Restrictions for Agriculture Through October
NASHVILLE — Governor Bill Lee has directed state officials to suspend enforcement of Tennessee's restrictions on the use of dyed (red) diesel for agriculture through the end of October. In an October 2 letter to Agriculture Commissioner Andy Holt, Revenue Commissioner David Gerregano, Transportation Commissioner Will Reid and Safety and Homeland Security Commissioner Jeff Long, Lee ordered the suspension, aligning the state with President Trump's executive order easing highway use of dyed diesel and providing tax penalty relief. The letter also asked the revenue commissioner to request dyed diesel penalty relief from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Dyed diesel is chemically the same as regular diesel but is tinted red to show it is tax-free fuel meant for off-road farm use; roadway use was capped at five miles to transport product from land to storage, farmers must present a Department of Revenue agricultural sales and use tax exemption certificate to buy it tax-free, and illegal highway use amounts to tax evasion. "We have to do all we can to support Tennessee's farmers and foresters. To that end, I'm directing you to suspend enforcement of Tennessee's dyed diesel restrictions on Tennessee's agricultural economy through the end of October," Lee wrote.
Before the governor's action, two state senators wrote to Lee on September 29 asking him to lift the ban through November 15. The state has not announced whether the suspension will be extended beyond October.
Sources: Office of the Tennessee Governor; WVLT
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图片来源：农田收割作业。Harvesting in the field. Photo: USDA NRCS, Public domain
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