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EPA Small Refinery Exemptions Threaten Biofuel Demand and Feedstock Market

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A farmer-director with Clean Fuels Alliance America says the EPA’s recent decisions on small refinery exemptions (SREs) could significantly affect biofuel producers’ profitability. Greg Anderson of Nebraska says he was disappointed in the volume of SREs granted and stressed that the agency must reallocate all exempted gallons back into the fuel supply. “If that doesn’t

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Rewriting The RFS Playbook: Projected D4 Biomass-Based Diesel RIN Generation For 2026-2027

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a trilogy of decisions for the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in recent months that represents some of the most significant regulatory developments for biomass-based diesel in the program’s history.  The vast majority of biomass-based diesel produced in the U.S. and used to comply with the RFS is

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Impact Of Recent EPA Decisions On 2023-2027 RVOs For Biomass-Based Diesel

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been extraordinarily active on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) front over the summer and early fall of 2025.  Since June, the agency has released three pivotal decisions that collectively are likely to alter the trajectory of the biomass-based diesel industry in the U.S.  The vast majority of biomass-based

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EPA Proposes Reallocation of Small Refinery Exemptions

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On September 16, 2025, Clean Fuels Alliance America and a number of biofuel trade groups commended the Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) as it released a supplementary proposed rule that will reallocate small refinery exemptions for Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) compliance years that are still open. USEPA’s stated goal is to ensure that the 2026 and 2027 RFS volumes it

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Clean Fuels Analysis: EPA Proposed 2026-27 RVOs and Major Program Changes

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On June 13, 2025, EPA released its overdue Proposed Renewable Fuel Standards for 2026 and 2027. EPA is also proposing major changes to the RFS program intended to favor U.S. fuels produced with domestic feedstocks. Additionally, EPA is proposing to include an estimate of small refinery exemptions in the RVO calculation, which will protect market space

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EPA Proposal Gives Biofuel Industry Boost, Seeks to Lower Foreign Supply

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The Trump administration is proposing that obligated parties (oil refiners) blend more biofuels into gasoline and diesel in 2026 and 2027 while seeking to discourage the use of imported fuels and production feedstocks. The plan unveiled by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on June 17, 2025, would require refiners to mix a record 24.02 billion

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EPA Administrator Zeldin: EPA to Set Biofuel Mandate ‘Very Soon’

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin stressed Wednesday that the US is working quickly to propose and finalize new biofuel blend mandates. EPA last week sent proposed Renewable Fuel Standard volumes for 2026 — and likely at least one future year — to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review, the

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Clean Fuels, Member Companies Urge EPA to Unleash Biomass-based Diesel

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Four dozen companies sign letter to Administrator Zeldin requesting at least 5.25-billion-gallon BBD volume in 2026 RFS On May 22, 2025, Clean Fuels Alliance America delivered a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, urging him to set the 2026 RFS biomass-based diesel volume at no less than 5.25 billion gallons and allow continued growth in

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