Highlights Cuts 2020 biofuel mandate by 15% to 17.13 billion gallons Would require blending of 18.52 billion gallons in 2021 Further increases mandate to 20.77 billion gallons in 2022 The US Environmental Protection Agency Dec. 7 proposed easing biofuel blending requirements for US refiners in 2020 and 2021 while raising the amount of renewable fuel refiners would have to mix with gasoline and diesel in 2022.
The long-awaited proposal makes cuts to the blending requirements finalized in 2019 for 2020 renewable volume obligations, keeps the overall blending mandate for 2021 below the previously set 2020 levels, and then proposes the highest total volumes to date for 2022. Specifically, the proposal cuts the 2020 biofuel mandate to 17.13 billion gallons from 20.09 billion gallons, and would require refiners to blend 18.52 billion gallons of renewable fuel in 2021 […]