2060-AT93 201810 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2060 Office of Air and Radiation OAR 2000 Environmental Protection Agency EPA Renewable Fuel Volume Standards for 2019 and Biomass-Based Diesel (BBD)Volume for 2020

The Clean Air Act requires EPA to promulgate regulations that specify the annual volume requirements for renewable fuels under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. Standards are to be set for four different categories of renewable fuels: cellulosic biofuel, biomass-based diesel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuel. The statute requires that the standards be finalized by November 30 of the year prior to the year in which the standards would apply. In the case of biomass-based diesel, the statute requires applicable volumes to be set no later than 14 months prior to the year for which the requirements would apply.

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The Clean Air Act requires EPA to promulgate regulations that specify the annual volume requirements for renewable fuels under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. The statute requires that the standards be finalized by November 30 of the year prior to the year in which the standards would apply. In the case of biomass-based diesel, the statute requires applicable volumes to be set no later than 14 months prior to the year for which the requirements would apply.

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CAA section 211(o)

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EPA requested comment on using the general waiver authority to reduce the required volumes for advanced and total renewable fuel in the proposed rule.

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Anticipated costs were developed for the proposed rule ($380-$740 million). Costs and benefits of this rulemaking are highly complex given the nature of the program and the standards being categorically nested under a total volume standard. An updated estimate of the costs, based on a number of illustrative assumptions, will be provided in the final rule.

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Environmental assessments are primarily addressed under another section of the CAA (Section 204). EPA released an updated report to Congress on June 29, 2018. More information on this report can be found at: https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_record_Report.cfm?dirEntryId=341491

]]> Notice 07/03/2018 83 FR 31098 NPRM 07/10/2018 83 FR 32024 Final Rule 11/00/2018 Undetermined Undetermined No No No Yes Dallas Burkholder 2060 Office of Air and Radiation OAR 734 649-2160 burkholder.dallas@epa.gov N26, 2565 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor MI 48105 Tia Sutton 2060 Office of Air and Radiation OAR 202 564-8929 sutton.tia@epa.gov 6401A, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC 20460