Articles tagged under: Renewable Fuel Standard

‘Very Troubled’

Published February 4, 2022

The Renewable Fuels Association wants EPA to make changes to their proposed Renewable Volume Obligations for 2021 and 2022. In public comments to the proposed rule, RFA commended the EPA for their proposed volumes for 2022. However, the pro-ethanol group…
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EPA Extends RFS Compliance Deadlines

Published January 28, 2022

The Environmental Protection Agency is extending the Renewable Fuel Standard Compliance deadlines for 2019 through 2022. The 2019 extension is for small refineries only and will be the next quarterly reporting deadline after the effective 2021 RFS standards. Starting in…
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EPA Releases 2022 Agenda

Published December 17, 2021

The Environmental Protection Agency released its unified agenda for the year ahead. The agency plans to release plans for the 2023 renewable volume obligations under the RFS by May and complete the rule one year from now. Canola oil is…
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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

Published December 9, 2021

Biofuel groups say EPA took a positive step forward in addressing small refinery exemptions with this past week's announcement, but there’s disappointment in the reduction of blending requirements. "First of all, 2020 blending requirements were already adjusted, because of the…
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Vilsack: EPA Understands the RFS Needs Stability

Published December 5, 2021

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told reporters EPA Administrator Michael Regan understands the need for stability in the Renewable Fuel Standard. The EPA is expected to release the latest Renewable Volume Obligations soon. According to Vilsack, it’s not only about RVOs,…
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Defend the Blend

Published November 24, 2021

Minnesota Representatives Angie Craig and Michelle Fishbach and South Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson are part of a coalition of lawmakers that filed the Defend the Blend Act on Tuesday. This is a bipartisan bill that would prevent the EPA from…
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No Specifics Yet on Renewable Volume Obligations

Published November 22, 2021

The EPA has not announced updated Renewable Volume Obligations yet. Testifying in a hearing last week in Washington D.C., Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor says blending requirements need to be in-line with Congressional intent. "I'd like to think that hearing…
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Senators Send RFS Letter to President Biden

Published October 27, 2021

A group of Republican Midwest Senators sent a letter to President Biden and others in the Biden administration, cautioning against attacks against the Renewable Fuel Standard. The Senators reiterate the importance of using higher blends of biofuels, like E15, as…
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