WASHINGTON, D.C.—Progress Vitality, the nation’s largest biofuel commerce affiliation, right this moment filed a discover of intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Safety Company (EPA) concerning the company’s anticipated failure to satisfy its statutory deadline for issuing the 2026 Renewable Quantity Obligation (RVO) below the Renewable Gasoline Normal (RFS).
EPA is required by legislation to finalize RFS volumes for 2026 by November 1, 2024. Nonetheless, the White Home’s recently-published Spring 2024 unified agenda signifies that the company won’t finalize the delayed 2026 RFS Set Rule till December 2025, greater than a 12 months late.
“The legislation doesn’t change simply because EPA provides advance discover of its failure to conform,” mentioned Progress Vitality CEO Emily Skor. “America’s biofuel producers and their farm companions depend on the understanding the RFS gives in an effort to make investments that bear fruit within the type of decrease gasoline prices for shoppers, extra jobs in rural communities, and decrease carbon emissions. Progress Vitality has held EPA accountable for its delays previously, and we’ll proceed to take action in an effort to be sure that the company follows the legislation and that biofuel producers can plan for the longer term.”
Progress Vitality has filed comparable lawsuits to drive EPA to adjust to its statutory deadlines in 2020 and in 2021. In 2022, Progress Vitality and EPA submitted a consent decree settlement to the U.S. District Courtroom for the District of Columbia that required EPA to suggest the 2023 renewable gasoline quantity necessities no later than November 16, 2022, and to finalize these necessities no later than June 14, 2023. On November 4, 2022, Progress Vitality agreed to a two-week extension on the proposal, and EPA filed its proposed RVOs for 2023-2025 on December 1, 2022. That proposal was finally revised and finalized by the company in June 2023, following one other one-week delay to which Progress Vitality additionally consented.
Learn the discover of intent to sue concerning the delayed 2026 RFS Set Rule right here. Be taught extra concerning the Renewable Gasoline Normal and its significance to the biofuel business right here.
