Ag, biofuel groups welcome sign of progress on final 2026-’27 RFS volumes
- Clean Fuels Alliance America
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The National Oilseed Processors Association, the American Soybean Association and Clean Fuels Alliance America commended U.S. EPA Feb. 26 for transmitting its final 2026-’27 Renewable Fuel Standard rule to the Office of Management and Budget for interagency review.
The three organizations applauded the administration for its commitment to America’s farmers, rural communities and the biofuels industry, calling the proposal released last June the strongest, most pro-American RFS rule in the program’s history.
“The work that has gone into crafting this rule reflects a genuine dedication to American energy independence and agricultural opportunity, and the groups expressed gratitude for the administration’s efforts to this point,” Clean Fuels stated.
The organizations, however, also stressed that urgency in completing the OMB review is essential.
Program participants—from the farmers who grow the crops to the processors and producers who turn them into American-made fuel—cannot make confident planting, investment and operational decisions without clear, timely volume requirements.
Every day without a final rule represents unnecessary uncertainty for the farmers and rural communities this administration has worked hard to support.
The groups called on OMB to prioritize and swiftly complete its review so the rule can be finalized without further delay.
“The U.S. oilseed-processing industry has made substantial investments in rural America, expanding feedstock capacity while creating jobs and strengthening markets that support American farmers,” said Devin Mogler, the president and CEO of NOPA. “The sooner this RVO rule—the strongest, most pro-U.S. farmer RVO rule in the 20-year history of the RFS—is finalized, the sooner the positive impacts can make their way back to the farmgate.”
ASA President Scott Metzger added, “For soybean farmers, this rule directly impacts what we plant, how we market our crop and ultimately whether we can turn a profit. EPA put forward a strong proposal last summer, and we appreciate the progress made to this point. We look forward to seeing that same strength reflected in the final rule. Clear, dependable RFS volumes will help provide the stability farmers need to plan and invest with confidence.”
Kurt Kovarik, Clean Fuels’ vice president of federal affairs, said, “U.S. biodiesel, renewable diesel and SAF producers have been forced to the sidelines, waiting for policy certainty. Final RFS volumes that deliver on the strong proposal—matching the industry’s capacity, making up for gallons lost to exemptions, providing a value-added domestic market for U.S. feedstocks—would be a game changer for rural America.”
