EPA’s final rule for the 2020 biofuel and 2021 biodiesel levels and how they intend to account for small refinery exemptions (SREs) has arrived at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review.
Biofuel supporters continue to express disappointment at EPA’s supplemental plan to account for SREs, but Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has continued to express hope that EPA will live up to the White House commitment on conventional ethanol under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
EPA is still targeting to issue the final rule on the 2020 biofuel and 2021 biodiesel levels yet this month.
Some reports indicate EPA will use “partial” waivers to address the SRE and others indicate there has been little change in the EPA compared with the proposed effort. If there are few changes, that will continue to keep this issue as a factor even once it is finalized.
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