May 22, 2025
BY Clean Fuels Alliance America
Today, Clean Fuels Alliance America delivered a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, urging him to set the 2026 RFS biomass-based diesel volume at no less than 5.25 billion gallons and allow continued growth in the 2027 volumes. Forty-eight member companies signed the letter in support of the requested volumes.
“We ask that EPA without delay set the 2026 RFS biomass-based diesel volume at not less than 5.25 billion gallons,” Clean Fuels and its members state in the letter. “We further urge you to support continuing growth by setting the 2027 RFS biomass-based diesel volume at 5.75 billion gallons.”
“These volumes will support farm security, create jobs and economic opportunity, and further President Trump’s goal for U.S. energy dominance,” the letter continues. “In short, a strong signal from EPA on the RFS will unleash domestic biodiesel and renewable diesel production to resume planned growth and get many Americans back to work.”
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Kurt Kovarik, Clean Fuels’ Vice President of Federal Affairs, added, “Renewable Fuel Standard stakeholders are unified in asking for no less than a 5.25-billion-gallon biomass-based diesel volume for 2026 because it accurately represents current domestic production, investments in new capacity, and increasing U.S. availability of feedstocks. Our industry is calling on Administrator Zeldin to make this step change in the RFS volumes to support the biomass-based diesel industry’s growth potential, save U.S. jobs, and boost farm security.”
The letter notes that the U.S. biomass-based diesel industry supports 107,400 jobs and $42.4 billion in economic activity, based on a new study, “Economic Impact of Biodiesel on the U.S. Economy 2024,” conducted by GlobalData on behalf of Clean Fuels.
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