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NEITHER AG NOR OIL INDUSTRY LIKE EPA'S PROPOSED BIOFUEL RULE
Oct. 16, 2019
Agri-Pulse reports:
No one was happy with EPA's proposed supplemental rule on calculating small refinery exemptions from annual biofuel usage mandates.
The proposed supplemental rule released Tuesday would determine SRE's in 2020 based on a 3-year rolling average of relief recommended by the Department of Energy.
Farm-state lawmakers on both sides of the aisle were up in arms. "This is different than what we expected based on our previous conversations with the administration," Nebraska Republican Senator Deb Fischer said in a statement.
Congresswoman Cindy Axne, a Democrat representing Iowa's 3rd district, called EPA's move "insulting, deeply disappointing, but unfortunately, not surprising." Iowa corn, soybean, biodiesel, and ethanol groups are planning to hold a joint teleconference later this morning to share their concerns.
Iowa Republican Senator Joni Ernst said she'll continue to hold EPA accountable and make sure "Iowans' voices are being heard, loud and clear."
But the backlash didn't stop at biofuel. The oil industry chimed in, too.
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President and CEO Chet Thompson said EPA's proposed RFS adjustments would be a "painful affront to U.S. refiners and the manufacturing workers" the president promised to support. He added it would do nothing to address the real source of what he said currently ails the biofuel and agriculture industries: the trade war with China.
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