The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing supplemental SRE reallocation volumes to the 2026 and 2027 Renewable Fuel Standard Volumes. Clean Fuels America shared the potential impact on U.S. soybean farmers and processors with EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin. EPA is co-proposing to either fully (100 percent) or partially (50 percent) account for 2023-2025 small refinery exemptions granted this year by adding a supplemental volume in 2026 and 2027.
“U.S. soybean farmers and processors could lose between $3.2 billion and $7.5 billion in crop value over the next two years if the EPA doesn’t completely reallocate recently exempted RFS volumes,” said Clean Fuels in a letter to Zeldin. “Facing Chinese tariffs and growing global competition from Argentina and Brazil, America’s farmers can’t afford to lose the value that U.S. biomass-based diesel brings.” A 50 percent reallocation will include 490 million gallons lost in biomass-based diesel production and $1.4 billion in lost farm revenue.
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