EPA – Proposed Biofuel Volume Standards for 2020, 2021, and 2022.
On December 7, 2021, EPA proposed a package of actions setting biofuel volumes for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program for years 2020, 2021, and 2022, and introducing regulatory changes intended to enhance the program’s objectives.
Proposed Volume Requirements for 2020-2022 (billion gallons)*
*All values are ethanol-equivalent on an energy consult basis, except for biomass-based diesel (BBD), which is biodiesel-equivalent.
**The 2020 and 2021 BBD volumes were established in previous RFS annual rulemakings.
EPA also proposed to add a 250-million-gallon “supplemental obligation” to the volumes proposed for 2022 and stated its intent to add another 250 million gallons in 2023. This would address the remand of the 2014-2016 annual rule by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals in Americans for Clean Energy v. EPA.
To promote efficiency and opportunity in producing biofuels, this action also lays out a proposed regulatory framework to allow biointermediates to be included in the RFS program, while ensuring environmental and programmatic safeguards are in place.
This action also lays out a proposed regulatory framework to allow biointermediates to be included in the RFS program, while ensuring environmental and programmatic safeguards are in place.
Additional Resources
- Proposed Volume Standards (pdf) (pre-publication, signed December 7, 2021)
- Draft Regulatory Impact Analysis (pdf) (EPA-420-D-21-002, December 2021)
- Public Hearing Information
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