![]() ![]() That agreement also states that by June 14, 2023, volume requirements under the RFS will be finalized.ĭuring a virtual briefing about the RFS set held by Fuels America in late September, he (RFA President and CEO Geoff Cooper) said a strong set rule can help meet the Biden administration’s decarbonization goals. Through a consent decree agreement, the EPA publicly went on the record, agreeing to offer proposed volumes for 2023 by November 16, 2022. The upcoming “set” rule will be the first annual RVO rulemaking under which the EPA exercises this discretion. Ethanol trade groups emphasize that the RFS is not expiring, but entering a new phase in which the EPA, with support from the USDA and the DOE, has more leeway in its administration of the program. For 2023 and beyond, however, the agency is required to establish volume requirements according to a specific set of alternative factors. The EPA was authorized to set annual biofuel blending requirements through 2022. The change marks the first time since the formation of the RFS in 2005 that yearly RVOs will not be determined strictly by legislative instruction. Department of Energy, will be determining-with new formulas not prescribed by Congress-renewable volume obligations, or RVOs. Environmental Protection Agency, along with the U.S. Starting in 2023, the Renewable Fuel Standard’s yearly required volumes will no longer be based on the firm statutory instruction of federal law. EPA-with input from other agencies-will have new guideposts and increased interpretive authority for determining the annual renewable volume obligations of the RFS. By Luke Geiver (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Starting now, the U.S. ![]()
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