EPA vows to meet Nov. 30 deadline for final 2020 RFS

EPA is vowing to meet a Nov. 30 statutory deadline for finalizing its 2020 renewable fuel standard (RFS) production targets, downplaying the suggestion that the administration’s recently announced plan to boost biofuels targets in the 2020 rule to appease ethanol advocates and farmers will derail its plan to meet the deadline. EPA “anticipates” it will release its final 2020 RFS rule by Nov. 30, said Office of Air & Radiation official Dallas Burkholder Oct. 8 during an annual fuels forum...