阿肯色州延长染色柴油应急令：柴油均价5.90美元远超预算假设
阿肯色州州长萨拉·赫卡比·桑德斯（Sarah Huckabee Sanders）签署第26-16号行政令，修订此前发布的第26-15号行政令，延长全州紧急状态，并继续暂停对农民与伐木业者在公路上使用免税染色柴油的部分机动燃料相关处罚。州府小石城位于阿肯色州普拉斯基县，此次延长适用于全州75个县。
行政令列明了延长的理由：阿肯色州目前柴油平均零售价为每加仑5.90美元，而阿肯色大学合作推广服务发布的2026年作物企业预算所依据的柴油价格假设仅为每加仑2.46美元，不到现价的一半。行政令还引用美国能源信息署数据指出，截至今年9月11日，美国馏分油库存比五年同期平均水平低13%，全球馏分油产量预计仍低于去年。
农业是阿肯色州最大的产业，每年为该州经济贡献超过256亿美元，提供超过24.8万个就业岗位。行政令称，全州3.72万个农场与牧场经营着1360万英亩土地，林地约1880万英亩，农业与林业作业遍布全州75个县；该州在水稻、肉鸡、火鸡、棉花等十余种农产品产量上位居全美前十。
行政令指出，农民与伐木业者在农场和作业现场储存供非公路免税用途的染色柴油，允许这些燃料用于从事农业与木材采伐作业的公路车辆，可以让相关作业立即获得燃料供应。阿肯色州林业对经济的依赖程度在南方各州中最高，林业全年作业、贡献约73亿美元。
在联邦层面，特朗普总统已于今年10月5日签署关于柴油燃料紧急税收减免的行政令，在今年12月31日前暂停对部分染色柴油公路用途的联邦处罚与执法行动。桑德斯的行政令援引阿肯色州法典相关条款，称严格执行部分州法规将妨碍应对当前紧急状况所需的行动。
被暂停处罚的州法规涉及染色柴油的销售税率、在公路车辆油箱中使用染色柴油的禁令，以及染色与未染色柴油混合使用的处罚等条款，原处罚标准包括按油箱容量每加仑10美元的罚款。州政府车辆、地方公交与校车等原有豁免类别不受影响。
Arkansas Extends Dyed Diesel Emergency Order as Diesel Averages $5.90 a Gallon
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed Executive Order 26-16, amending Executive Order 26-15 to extend the state of emergency and the temporary suspension of certain motor-fuel penalties for farmers and loggers who use tax-free dyed diesel on highways. Little Rock, the state capital in Pulaski County, Arkansas, issued the order for all 75 counties in the state.
The order lays out the reason for the extension: the average retail price of diesel in Arkansas is now $5.90 per gallon, while the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service built its 2026 crop enterprise budgets on an assumed diesel price of $2.46 per gallon, less than half the prevailing price. The order also cites U.S. Energy Information Administration data showing U.S. distillate inventories were 13 percent below the five-year seasonal average as of September 11, with global distillate production expected to remain below last year's levels.
Agriculture is Arkansas' largest industry, contributing more than $25.6 billion a year to the state economy and supporting over 248,000 jobs. The order notes that the state's 37,200 farms and ranches operate on 13.6 million acres, forestland covers about 18.8 million acres, and farm and forestry operations take place in all 75 counties; Arkansas ranks in the national top ten for rice, broilers, turkeys, cotton and several other commodities.
The order says farmers and timber harvesters keep dyed diesel in on-farm and on-site storage for nontaxable off-road use, and that allowing that fuel in highway vehicles engaged in agricultural and timber harvesting operations makes fuel immediately available to those operations. Arkansas is the most forestry-dependent state in the South, with forest industries contributing about $7.3 billion and operating year-round.
At the federal level, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on emergency tax relief on diesel fuel on October 5, suspending federal penalties and enforcement for certain highway use of red-dyed diesel through December 31. Sanders' order invokes state law authorizing the governor to suspend regulatory statutes when strict compliance would hinder action needed to cope with a declared emergency.
The suspended state provisions cover the lower excise tax rate for dyed fuel, the ban on using dyed fuel in highway vehicles, and penalties for mixing dyed and undyed fuel, which previously included a penalty of ten dollars per gallon based on tank capacity. Existing exemptions for state and local government vehicles, transit and intercity buses, and school buses remain in place.
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图片来源：位于阿肯色州普拉斯基县小石城的阿肯色州议会大厦（资料图）。CC BY-SA 4.0，Daniel Schwen，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / The Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas (file photo). CC BY-SA 4.0, by Daniel Schwen, via Wikimedia Commons.
