The EPA has, for the third time, extended the Renewable Fuel Standard Compliance deadline due to the agencies failure to issue a final rule for 2014. The proposed standard, which, among other things, sets requirements for the percentage of ethanol that must be used by petroleum refiners as they blend their product, had to be extended to prevent a regulatory gap while the 2014 standard was being developed. The EPA has not stated when they anticipate getting the 2014 rule to White House, Office of Management and Budget for review, or when the EPA expects to propose a standard for… Read more
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House Energy and Commerce Committee Pressured to Ease Mandate on Corn Ethanol
More than 40 groups wrote to members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee urging the Committee to include a less-stringent corn ethanol mandate in its proposed changes to the renewable fuel standard (RFS). The group’s October 7 letter requested that “any legislation that the Committee considers recognizes and addresses the havoc that the corn ethanol mandate has placed on the multitude of stakeholder interests.” RFS proposed changes ranged from freezing mandated ethanol requirements to full repeal. For more information regarding the RFS and/or related issues, contact Phillip Hoover.