EPA Agrees To June Deadline To Issue Final RFS Volumes For 2021, 2022

EPA has reached a consent decree deal with biofuels advocates to issue final rules by June 3 setting biofuels blending volumes required under the renewable fuel standard (RFS) for 2021 and 2022, fixing a firm timetable for the process amid mounting pressure on the agency to also set volumes for 2023 and beyond, when statutory targets expire. In a notice scheduled for publication in the Federal Register Feb. 23, EPA announces the agreement reached in Growth Energy v. Regan,...