The package or reforms to U.S. biofuel policy announced Friday (October 4) continues as an attention point given the lack of some key details in that plan.
EPA is expected to release the supplemental plan and open the comment period with a goal of still finalizing the 2020 biofuel and 2021 biodiesel levels by the November 30 statutory deadline.
One focus will be on how EPA accounts for small refinery exemptions (SREs) as EPA officials stressed last week it would not be accounting for the waivers already granted.
Biofuel interests will also want to see the specific increased levels for biofuel use in 2020.
President Donald Trump will be in Minnesota on Thursday for a campaign-style rally and that could be the format for him to talk more about the effort given Minnesota being a prominent biofuel producer and a state that has taken several steps to encourage biofuels use. In Washington Monday, Trump said the deal will mean 16 billion gallons of corn ethanol would be used in 2020.
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