In Washington, Reuters reports the Environmental Protection Agency expects to finalize its 2026 Renewable Volume Obligation quotas by early March at levels in line with the draft published last year in a compromise between the biofuels and oil industries. The EPA plans to drop its plans for punitive measures on feedstock and biofuel imports, however. […]
In Washington, a recent economic analysis finds that EPA’s proposal to assign 50% of the Renewable Identification Number (RIN) credits to imported biofuels and biofuels made from imported feedstocks compared to domestic would strengthen domestic soybean markets while preserving flexibility in biomass-based diesel sourcing. The study, funded by the United Soybean Board and conducted by […]
In Washington, Reuters reports the Environmental Protection Agency expects to finalize the biofuel blending mandates for 2026 and 2027 during the first quarter of next year. Until the decision about future blending is made, companies are holding back decisions on fuel purchases, hedging positions as well as investments. A notice filed with the U.S Court […]
In Washington, U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) led a letter with colleagues from the Senate calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to support President Trump’s American energy dominance agenda by preventing unfair reallocation of compliance costs onto oil refineries in Utah and across the country. U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Mike Crapo (R-ID), […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that Trump Administration may delay the winding down of RIN credits applied to imported biofuels and biofuel feedstocks until 2027 or 2028 following push back from refiners who have invested in foreign fuels. The Trump Administration has been pushing an America First agenda that sought to cut in half the value […]
In Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency acted on 16 individual SRE petitions from eight refineries seeking an exemption from their Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) obligations for compliance years 2021–2024. In consultation with the Department of Energy (DOE), EPA reviewed and considered information submitted by each petitioning small refinery. EPA then evaluated each SRE petition consistent […]
In Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: RFS Annual Rules (EPA ICR Number 2691.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0740) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the […]
In Washington, Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers, joined by Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to preserve a long-standing rule that helps ethanol producers earn clean-energy tax credits for capturing and storing carbon. EPA recently proposed to eliminate key parts of its national greenhouse-gas reporting system to cut bureaucratic […]
In Washington, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) led over 45 Senate and House colleagues in urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to finalize a rule on imported Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) and hold firm on the proposed biomass-based diesel volumes. In their bipartisan, bicameral letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, the members state such measures would […]
In Washington, in testimony to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Renewable Fuels Association expressed strong disagreement with the agency’s recent decision to grant 140 small refinery exemptions (SREs) based on a new approach to determining “disproportionate economic hardship (DEH).” While RFA opposes the granting of those SREs in the first place, it supports EPA’s proposal […]
