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EPA/AR RIN: 2060-AO81 Publication ID: Spring 2010 
Title: Renewable Fuels Standard Program 
Abstract: This rulemaking will implement provisions in title II of the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) that amend section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act. The amendments revise the National Renewable Fuels Standard Program in the United States, increasing the national requirement to a total of 36 billion gallons of total renewable fuel in 2022. Application of the new standards now apply to diesel fuel producers in addition to gasoline producers and to nonroad fuels in addition to highway fuels. The new requirements also establish new renewable fuel categories and specific volume standards for cellulosic and advanced renewable fuels, biomass based diesel and total renewable fuels. Further, the amendments establish new eligibility requirements for meeting the renewable fuel standards including application of a specific definition for biomass, restrictions on what land feedstocks can come from and establish minimum lifecycle greenhouse gas reduction thresholds for the various categories of renewable fuels. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Economically Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: Yes  Unfunded Mandates: Private Sector 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80    40 CFR 86   
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 211(o)   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory    12/19/2008 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  05/26/2009  74 FR 24903   
NPRM Comment Period Extended  07/07/2009  74 FR 32091   
NPRM Comment Period End  07/27/2009    
NPRM Comment Period Extended To  09/25/2009    
Final Action  03/26/2010  75 FR 14670   
Additional Information: SAN No. 5250; EPA publication information: NPRM - http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-10978.pdf; EPA Docket information: EPA–HQ–OAR–2005–0161.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes 
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Information URL: www.epa.gov/otaq/fuels/renewablefuels/index.htm  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes 
Agency Contact:
Paul Argyropoulos
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
6406I, 6520J ARN,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 564-1123
Fax:202 564-1686
Email: Argyropoulos.Paul@epa.gov

David Korotney
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
N27,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone:734 214-4507
Email: korotney.david@epa.gov