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September 25 is the last day to comment on RFS2. NBB, ASA in all-out push to drive comments
In Washington, today is the final day for commenting to the EPA on the implementation of RFS2, the Renewable Fuel Standard. The National Biodiesel Board and the American Soybean Association are launching an all-out effort to get comments in before today’s deadline, and have set up an online form to facilitate the commenting process.
Corn growers association urges comments on Renewable Fuels Standard, land use change
In Missouri, the National Corn Growers Association is conducting outreach efforts to remind supporters that the EPA is accepting comments until Sept. 25 on proposed regulations about the expanded renewable fuel standard, RFS 2, including indirect land use change. The NCGA is offering a link to assist in making comments, and especially is focused on [...]
Former biofuels CEO arrested on fraud charges; “invalid” RINs estimated at 8-20 percent; EPA solution slow in coming
In Alabama, the long wait for the first arrest for fraudulent sale of Renewable Information Numbers — the tracking system for the Renewable Fuel Standard — came on Thursday when Arnesto “Steve” Sobrado, former CEO of American Bio-Fuels in Abbeville, was charged with felony first-degree theft of property. According to the Dothan Eagle, “Sobrado was [...]
US likely to miss 2009 Renewable Fuel Standard target of 10.21 percent, according to Clean Fuels Clearinghouse in “State of the Standard” report
In Texas, the Clean Fuels Clearinghouse in its 2009 “State of the Standard” overview that it appears now to be the very unlikely attainment of this year’s 10.21% Renewable Fuel Standard targets.
The president of the Clearinghouse, Clayton McMartin, testified on Capitol Hill to this effect this week at the RFS2 hearings, and his video is [...]
Senator Thune of South Dakota introduces bill to defang EPA on indirect land use change
In Washington, details emerged on a indirect land use bill introduced in the US Senate by John Thune of South Dakota. The proposed legislation would permit biofuel producers to ask for a waiver from EPA emissions rules relating to indirect land use change if the standards limit or reduce biofuel production. In addition, the rules [...]
National Biodiesel Board blasts EPA in ILUC hearings: “Faulty data and unrealistic scenarios that punish the U.S. biodiesel industry for wholly unrelated land use decisions in South America.”
In Washington, National Biodiesel Board public affairs head Manning Feraci said that the EISA Act required the EPA to conduct a lifecycle analysis of biofuels as part of the Renewable Fuel Standard’s implementation, but said that “This does not require the EPA to rely on faulty data and unrealistic scenarios that punish the U.S. biodiesel [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “The unreasonable restrictions placed on the biofuels industry in the 2007 energy bill were never debated by Congress.”
House Agriculture Committee chairman Collin Peterson: “The unreasonable restrictions placed on the biofuels industry in the 2007 energy bill were never debated by Congress, and I’ve spent the past two years trying to undo the damage that we’re seeing now that EPA has published its proposed regulations. You can’t trust them. I no longer have [...]
EPA to hold critical hearings on Renewable Fuel Standard, indirect land use change
In Washington, the EPA will hold a public hearing today regarding the agency’s proposed strategy for increasing the supply of renewable fuels.
According to the EPA, “the hearing is an opportunity for stakeholders and members of the public to voice their opinions on the proposal. EPA will consider written comments submitted during the public comment period [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Forest management and thinning operations are not only warranted but imperative to mitigate further emissions from fire.”
Scott Miller, Price BIOstock: “Does anyone else see a linkage between global climate change and the impacts from the accelerating frequency and emissions from massive wildfires and bug infestations? From the Waste-to-Fuels conference May 18th – the slide presentation titled “Forest and Wood Residues in a Low Carbon Future” is now available online through my [...]
EPA says “No” to MSW, forest waste as qualifying biofuels: report
In Illinois, a team from McGuireWoods has published one of the most cogent summaries of the EPA’s proposed greenhouse gas lifecycle rules released on May 5th.
“The political and economic stakes are high and regulating on the basis of “lifecycle” emissions including “indirect land use changes” is unprecedented,” the report says. “EPA proposes to narrowly interpret [...]
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