The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) “has impacted the price of corn,” and is a concern for engines in a “marine environment,” as well as having statutory levels for biofuels that are “unachievable,” said Janet McCabe, acting assistant administrator of the Office of Air and Radiation at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee hearing held on  Wednesday regarding RFS Oversight.

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EPA Sends its Final 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard to OMB for Review

On August 22, 2014, in RFS, by Harrison Kircher

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has  sent the final Renewable Volume Obligations (RVO) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for interagency review, an EPA spokeswoman confirmed to Reuters.

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The National Chicken Council, along with a coalition of 10 other meat and poultry, dairy, and feed groups, sent a letter on Monday  to the House Energy and Commerce Committee supporting EPA’s proposed decrease to the Renewable Fuel Standard.

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The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works (EPW) held a hearing on Wednesday to consider the EPA’s proposed rule to set 2014 volume requirements under the renewable fuel standard (RFS).

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