Posted August 25, 2014
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sent the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) final rule to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for final review, according to a Farm Futures article by Janell Thomas available here. The Hill also published an article available hereand Domestic Fuel here. A previous post on RFS is available on the blog here.
The deadline to reveal final 2014 RFS volumes passed almost nine months ago on Nov. 30, and now the OMB has 90 days to review the rule.
“We’re pleased to see the process moving forward and hope the final rule will show that this Administration is standing behind our national goals for clean, domestic fuels that strengthen our economy and national security. We also continue to urge the Administration to finalize the rule as quickly as possible,” NBB Vice President of Federal Affairs Anne Steckel said in a statement.
The proposal, which received more than 340,000 comments, was a huge controversy when announced last year. The oil industry, among other groups, opposed to the RFS applauded it as recognition of ethanol and biodiesel limits, while fuel companies criticized the EPA for turning its back on renewables, according to The Hill.
The rule has not yet been made public, so there is no verdict on whether the volume requirements were changed from the initial proposal, which reduced the amount of ethanol and kept the biodiesel requirement the same, according to Domestic Fuel.
Senator John Thune (R-SD) believes there will be middle ground.
“I think we’ll see an upward change,” Thune said. “I hope it’s a significant upward change and I hope that in ’15 they look at this in a different way.”
For more information on the Renewable Energy, please visit the National Agricultural Law Center’s website here.
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