EPA in 2017 to Explore 'Reset' of Blending Mandates Under Renewable Fuel Standard

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The Environmental Protection Agency in 2017 will explore using its statutory authority to reduce future blending mandates under the renewable fuel standard, a senior agency official said. Janet McCabe, the EPA's acting assistant administrator for air and radiation told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management Subcommittee June 18 that EPA will pursue a renewable fuel standard "reset" once it completes its current proposal to set standards for 2014, 2015 and 2016, which must be completed by Nov. 30. "The minute 2016 is done we will be turning our full attention to the 2017 rule and the reset," McCabe said.