Biofuels Supporters Pitch 2018 RFS Goals To Trump EPA, OMB Officials

Biofuels makers and retailers in recent meetings with EPA and White House officials pitched their policy goals for the agency's pending 2018 renewable fuel standard (RFS) targets, including boosting advanced biofuels blending and opposing calls to shift the "point of obligation" compliance burden under the program. The White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) is currently reviewing a proposed rule EPA submitted on May 11 that will set the 2018 blending goals for the RFS, a program that sets...