EPA Floats Options For Full, Partial ‘Reallocation’ Of Waived RFS Volumes

EPA is floating a “co-proposal” that suggests either a full “reallocation” of waived biofuel blending volumes for small refiners under the renewable fuel standard (RFS) in future years, or a 50 percent reallocation, under a plan that in effect would see volumes waived for 2023, 2024 and 2025 added instead to proposed volumes for 2026 and 2027. In its proposal announced Sept. 16, EPA suggests a full reallocation of waived volumes to non-exempt refiners could be justified to avoid a...