EPA Clears Use Of RFS ‘Biointermediates’ But Resists Call To Ease Limits

EPA’s final rule setting biofuel blending volumes for 2020, 2021 and 2022 authorizes issuance of credits for fuel made from “biointermediates” for the first time under the renewable fuel standard (RFS), but the agency has rejected biofuels industry calls to ease proposed limits on use of the materials, saying the restrictions are needed to prevent fraud. The regulation released June 3 contains an authorization of RFS compliance credits, known as renewable identification numbers (RINs), for finished renewable fuel made using...