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JULY 6, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule setting the minimum amount of renewable fuels that must be supplied to the market in calendar year 2018 under the Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) program. The biomass-based diesel standard for 2019 would be maintained at the 2018 levels of 2.1 Proposed 2018.

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JUNE 26, 2018

Today, nearly all gasoline used for transportation purposes contains 10 percent ethanol (E10), and on average diesel fuel contains nearly 5 percent biodiesel and/or renewable diesel. Proposed and Final Renewable Fuel Volume Requirements for 2018-2020. —over the 2018 standard. —over the 2018 standard.

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AUGUST 12, 2019

EPA is granting 31 small refinery RFS exemptions for the 2018 compliance year, as well as 6 denials. 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. —Curt Mether, President of the Iowa Corn Growers Association.

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

EPA said that its proposal fulfills the agreement reached on 4 October, with the White House, EPA, and USDA; that interpretation is not widely shared among the biofuel industry, based on initial comments following the release of the proposal. The notice does not change the proposed volumes for 2020 and 2021.

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