Final Renewable Fuel Standards for 2020, and the Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2021
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Rule Summary
On December 19, 2019, EPA finalized volume requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program for 2020 for cellulosic biofuel, biomass-based diesel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuel, and biomass-based diesel for 2021. The final volume requirements are listed in the following table.
| Final Volume Requirementsa | 2019 | 2020 Statutory Volumes |
2020 Proposed Volumes |
2020 Final Volumes |
2021 Final Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cellulosic biofuel (billion gallons) | 0.42 | 10.50 | 0.54 | 0.59 | n/a |
| Biomass-based diesel (billion gallons) | 2.1 | ≥1.0 | n/a | 2.43 | 2.43 |
| Advanced biofuel (billion gallons) | 4.92 | 15.00 | 5.04 | 5.09 | n/a |
| Renewable fuel (billion gallons) | 19.92 | 30.00 | 20.04 | 20.09 | n/a |
a All values are ethanol-equivalent on an energy content basis, except for BBD which is biodiesel-equivalent.
Additional Resources
- Final Rule (pdf) (70 pp, 1.55 MB, published February 6, 2020)
- Response to Comments (pdf) (239 pp, 1.71 MB, December 2019, EPA-420-R-19-018)
- Proposed Volumes for 2020 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2021: Supplemental Notice