The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed 2014 renewable fuel standards that include annual volume requirements for renewable fuels in all motor vehicle gasoline and diesel produced or imported by the US in 2014 and is seeking public opinion on the proposal. The proposal, which has been drafted with feedback from the US Department of Energy and US Department of Agriculture, includes levels of renewable fuels to be blended into gasoline and diesel as required by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.
EPA is proposing to reduce the advanced biofuel and total renewable fuel standards for 2014 and maintain the same volume for biomass-based diesel for 2014 and 2015 that was adopted for 2013 (1.28 billion gallons). As per the proposal, the EPA has set the cellulosic biofuel standard at 17 million gallons, significantly lower than Clean Air Act (CAA) target of 1.75 billion gallons.
The country has witnessed a rapid growth of renewable fuel production in recent years, while gasoline consumption, owing to vehicle fuel economy and other economic factors, is lower than expected when Congress passed the renewable fuel standard in 2007.
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