[20141201]IN10189_环保局将2014年可再生燃料标准的决定推迟到2015年.pdf

CRS InsightsEPA Delays Decision on 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard to 2015Mark A. McMinimy, Analyst in Agricultural Policy (mmcminimycrs.loc.gov, 7-2172)December 1, 2014 (IN10189)The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced in November 2014 that it will delay issuing along-awaited final 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) until 2015. The RFS sets the annual minimumuse requirements for biofuels in the nations transportation fuel supply. EPA is required by statute toannounce the RFS for various categories of biofuels by November 30 of the preceding year, which for2014 would have been November 30, 2013. The agency has missed such deadlines before, but not bysuch a wide margin (Table 1). In announcing the delay, the agency cited significant comment andcontroversy over its proposal for a reduction in biofuel use mandates for 2014.At this date, EPA has also missed the November 30, 2014, deadline for issuing the 2015 RFS.Congress established the RFS (RFS1) in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-58). Two years later, in2007, Congress enacted the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-140), or RFS2,greatly expanding and accelerating the use mandate for biofuels. RFS2