Patience on a biofuels announcement from the Trump administration is running thin with Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. “This agreement we have with the White House, it is 15 billion gallons, why isn't that the end of it?” Grassley told reporters on a weekly call. "Let's either do our job or get off the pot. Let's call this thing to an end. We ought to have this paper from the EPA yesterday.”
Grassley has talked about an apparent agreement reached during a meeting at the White House some two weeks ago in which the Small Refinery Exemptions (SREs) would still be granted by EPA, but the agency would account for those in setting biofuel levels under the RFS.
“This is hurting the president more in Iowa than even the China debate,” Grassley said. “I think farmers have patience with China, the negotiations going on with China. They know China has been cheating. What they do not understand is, they are promised 15 billion gallons of ethanol to be used, but get 13.6 [billion gallons].”
EPA data shows that as of September 19, there have been 42 SREs requested, with 31 granted, six were denied, three were withdrawn or declared ineligible and two are listed as still pending.
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