Posted July 15, 2015
The
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting comment on its analysis of
the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions attributable to the production and transport
of Gossypium spp. seed oil (“cottonseed oil”) feedstock for use in
making biofuels such as biodiesel, renewable diesel, and jet fuel.
The
document explains their analysis of the feedstock production and
transport-related components of the lifecycle GHG emissions of biofuel made
from cottonseed oil, including both direct and indirect agricultural and
forestry sector emissions.
This
notice also describes how EPA may apply this analysis in the future to
determine whether biofuels produced from cottonseed oil meet the necessary GHG
reductions required for qualification as renewable fuel under the Renewable
Fuel Standard program. Based on this analysis, they anticipate that biofuels
produced from cottonseed oil could qualify as biomass-based diesel or advanced
biofuel if typical fuel production process technologies are used.
Comments are accepted until before August 13, 2015.
For more
information, the Federal Register is available here.
For more information on biotechnology, please visit the
National Agricultural Law Center’s website here.
