EPA proposes quotas for renewable fuel, biomass-based diesel

Oil & Gas Journal: The US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed quotas for most biofuels for 2019 and a quota for biomass-based diesel for 2020 on June 26. “Conventional” renewable fuel volumes, primarily met by corn ethanol, would be maintained at the implied 15 billion-gal target Congress has set for 2019, EPA said.

The proposed quotas drew harsh criticism from the Renewable Fuels Association and the American Fuel & Petrochemicals Association, while the American Petroleum Institute’s response was somewhat more measured.

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