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EPA/AR | RIN: 2060-AQ31 | Publication ID: Spring 2011 |
Title: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Modifications to Renewable Fuel Standard Program | |
Abstract: In the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007), Congress amended the Clean Air Act (CAA) to change requirements for the existing Renewable Fuel Standard program. The final regulations promulgating changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard program ("RFS2 regulations") were published in the Federal Register on March 26, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 14670). Since publication, EPA has discovered a number of technical errors and areas within the final RFS2 regulations that could benefit from clarification. Many of the amendments address grammatical or typographical errors, or provide clarifications.to the regulatory language. A few amendments are being made in order to correct regulatory language that inadvertently misrepresented our intent as reflected in the preamble to the final RFS2 regulations. Examples of amendments included in this rule are a clarification that the independent engineering reviews can be conducted by a licensed professional engineer, rather than the more limited "Professional Chemical Engineer" and a clarification that the renewable biomass aggregate compliance approach applies to feedstocks from existing U.S. agricultural land, rather than to U.S. producers of renewable fuel. The final RFS2 regulations will become effective July 1, 2010. This technical amendments package is important in order to correct technical errors and address areas in the regulations that need clarification simultaneous with the effective date of the final regulations. | |
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) | Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80 | |
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 211(o) |
Legal Deadline:
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Additional Information: EPA publication information: NPRM - http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#documentDetail?R=0900006480aea2df; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0161 | |
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: None |
Small Entities Affected: No | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
Sectors Affected: 324110 Petroleum Refineries; 325193 Ethyl Alcohol Manufacturing; 325199 All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing; 424690 Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers; 424710 Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals; 424720 Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers (except Bulk Stations and Terminals); 454319 Other Fuel Dealers | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Agency Contact: Megan Brachtl Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation 6405J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 343-9473 Email: Brachtl.Megan@epamail.epa.gov |