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 here
and 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.
