No Oklahoma Senators are among them, but 39 U.S. Senators have sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy urging her agency to ensure the final 2017 Renewable Fuel Standard rule promotes growth in the U.S. rather than overseas.
The 2017 proposal calls on refiners to blend 14.8 billion gallons of conventional biofuels in 2017 which is just below the 15-billion-gallon level envisioned by Congress when it expanded the RFS in 2007.
“We cannot afford to cede our leadership position in the world,” wrote the Senators. “A strong RFS, and more biofuels, make our country more secure. It increases competition and choice, strengthening our economy.”
The Senators expressed concern that as a result of the EPA’s consideration of distribution infrastructure in setting the Renewable Volume Obligation, “biofuel investment has fallen and projects are moving overseas.”
View the letter here.