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EPA proposes slight ease in 2018 renewable fuel volumes compared to 2017; gearing up for future reset

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Relative to the levels finalized in 2017, the proposed 2018 volume requirements for advanced biofuel and total renewable fuel are lower by 40 million gallons. Final 2017. The Iowa Corn Growers Association called the proposed conventional biofuels requirement of 15 billion gallons “ good news.”. —Administrator Pruitt.

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UPS announces renewable diesel agreements with Neste, REG and Solazyme; up to 46M gallons over next 3 years

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Neste, Renewable Energy Group (REG) and Solazyme will supply renewable diesel to UPS to help facilitate the company’s shift to move more than 12% of its purchased ground fuel from conventional diesel and gasoline fuel to alternative fuels by the end of 2017. In 2014, we achieved a 14.1%

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EPA grants 31 small refinery exemptions for RFS

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The estimated volume of gasoline and diesel exempted is 13,420 million gallons; the estimated renewable volume obligations (RVO) exempted is 1,430 million RINs. In 2017, the RVO exemptions jumped to 1,820 million RINs from 790 million the year before. —Curt Mether, President of the Iowa Corn Growers Association.

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