The SRE provision would have restricted the use of those to cases where a significant financial hardship would be seen from complying with the RFS. There are still 39 SRE requests pending before EPA for the 2018 compliance year.
The plan to allow year-round E15 sales was finalized by EPA but is already subject to a court challenge.
The allowance for RINs from exported ethanol also has not moved forward, with some indicating that could create a WTO liability for the US as some could view that step as creating a “subsidy” on exported ethanol supplies. Currently, there are no RINs allowed on exported ethanol.