by Kali Hays (Law360) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday sent some proposed changes to its Renewable Fuel Standard program to the White House for review, as the agency looks to promote the production of renewable fuels by removing some current barriers.
The Renewables Enhancement and Growth Support Rule, as it’s called, put up for consideration several changes to the current RFS standards, like allowing partial fuel conversion at multiple facilities, according to the White House’s Executive Office of Management and Budget.
This change would let any feedstock that’s been partially converted at a facility that is not a full renewable production facility, known as a biointermediate, to go on to a renewable facility where conversion to a complete fuel can be finished.
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While the rule has no hard deadline for approval, the EPA has projected it will be published in the Federal Register by August. READ MORE and MORE (White House/Office of Management and Budget) and MORE (Advanced Biofuels USA/ACORE)