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Final Volume Standards for 2020, 2021, and 2022

Final Volume Standards for 2020, 2021, and 2022
Basic Information
Code of Federal Regulations Citations
  • 40 CFR Part 80
  • 40 CFR Part 1090
Docket Numbers
  • EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0324

On this page:

  • Rule Summary
  • Additional Resources

Rule Summary

On June 3, 2022, EPA finalized a package of actions setting biofuel volumes for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program for years 2020, 2021, and 2022, and introducing regulatory changes intended to enhance the program’s objectives.

Final Volume Requirements for 2020-2022 (billion gallons)
  2020 2021 2022
Cellulosic Biofuel 0.51 0.56 0.63
Biomass-Based Diesel 2.43** 2.43** 2.76
Advanced Biofuel 4.63 5.05 5.63
Total Renewable Fuel 17.13 18.84 20.63
Supplemental Standard n/a n/a 0.25

*All values are ethanol-equivalent on an energy consult basis, except for biomass-based diesel (BBD), which is biodiesel-equivalent.

**The 2020 and 2021 BBD volumes were established in previous RFS annual rulemakings.

EPA also established a 250-million-gallon “supplemental obligation” to the volumes finalized for 2022 and stated its intent to add another 250 million gallons in 2023, to address the remand of the 2014-2016 annual rule by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals in Americans for Clean Energy v. EPA.

To promote efficiency and opportunity in producing biofuels, this action also establishes a regulatory framework that allows biointermediates to be included in the RFS program, while ensuring environmental and programmatic safeguards are in place.

Additional Resources

  • Final 2020-2022 Volume Standards (pdf) (published July 1, 2022)
  • Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) (pdf) (June 2022, EPA-420-R-22-008)
  • Response to Comments Document (pdf) (June 2022, EPA-420-R-22-009)
  • Proposed Volume Standards for 2020, 2021, and 2022
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Last updated on August 31, 2022
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