The National Corn Growers Association is calling on farmers to tell the EPA to use the Renewable Fuel Standard volume rule to restore the RFS volumes it has already waived and to account for future exemptions to make the RFS whole.

“We need EPA to set RFS volumes that farmers can rely on,” the NCGA says in a statement.

The NCGA alleges the EPA has misused its authority to exempt refineries from renewable fuel blending. The exemption is intended for small refineries facing a disproportionate economic impact, but Trump’s EPA has exempted 48 refineries, including many owned by large companies charting record profits.

When EPA proposed its annual RFS volume rule for renewable fuels, it failed to use the rule as an opportunity to reverse the harm from refinery waivers, the NCGA said. EPA did, however, say that the retroactive refinery waivers granted during the past year for 2016 and 2017 RFS compliance amounted to 2.25 billion ethanol-equivalent gallons, but the EPA proposal did not restore those waived gallons.

The deadline for comments on the RFS is Aug. 17. Navigate to StandUpForCorn.com to find out how to comment.

Source: NCGA