# EPA Proposes Renewable Fuel Standards Supplemental Rule, Addresses Small Refinery Exemptions | US EPA

> The EPA issued a supplemental proposed rule revising Renewable Fuel Standard volume requirements for 2026 and 2027 to account for small refinery exemptions granted on August 22, 2025. It proposes either 100% or 50% reallocation of the 2023-25 exempted volumes, about 2.18 or 1.09 billion gallons.

- Date: 2025-09-16 · published 2025-09-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15087-epa-proposes-renewable-fuel-standards-supplemental-rule-addresses-small
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Reallocating exempted gallons would raise biomass-based diesel demand for soybean oil and feedstocks, supporting soybean oil and soybean prices, with the size of the increase depending on which option is finalized.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2025-06-13 | [EPA Proposes New Renewable Fuel Standards to Strengthen U.S. Energy Security, Support Rural America, and Expand Production of Domestic Fuels \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15110-epa-proposes-new-renewable-fuel-standards-to-strengthen-u-s-energy-security.md) | +10.1% | +8.6% |
| SBO | 2023-02-01 | [EPA proposes renewable fuel standards for 2023, 2024 and 2025 \| News \| farmweeknow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15332-epa-proposes-renewable-fuel-standards-for-2023-2024-and-2025-news-farmweeknow.md) | -3.5% | -3.4% |
| SBO | 2023-08-03 | [Renewable Fuel Standard Final Rule – 2023, 2024, 2025: Increases Short of Expectations](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15288-renewable-fuel-standard-final-rule-2023-2024-2025-increases-short-of.md) | -0.3% | -2.7% |
| SBO | 2022-12-01 | [EPA Takes Next Steps in Renewable Fuel Standard Program for 2023-25 \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15345-epa-takes-next-steps-in-renewable-fuel-standard-program-for-2023-25-us-epa.md) | -9.7% | -10.5% |
| SBO | 2019-10-28 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2020 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2021, and Response to the Remand of the 2016 Standards; Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56437-federal-register-renewable-fuel-standard-program-standards-for-2020-and-biomass.md) | +0.2% | -0.3% |
| SOY | 2025-06-13 | [EPA Proposes New Renewable Fuel Standards to Strengthen U.S. Energy Security, Support Rural America, and Expand Production of Domestic Fuels \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15110-epa-proposes-new-renewable-fuel-standards-to-strengthen-u-s-energy-security.md) | +2.5% | -4.3% |
| SOY | 2026-03-27 | [EPA Finalizes Historic New Renewable Fuel Standards to Strengthen American Energy Security, Support Rural Economies \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15038-epa-finalizes-historic-new-renewable-fuel-standards-to-strengthen-american.md) | -0.9% | -0.9% |
| SOY | 2025-06-13 | [NOPA Applauds Expanded Renewable Fuel Standard Volumes - NOPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15113-nopa-applauds-expanded-renewable-fuel-standard-volumes-nopa.md) | +2.5% | -4.3% |

## Sources

- epa.gov: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-proposes-renewable-fuel-standards-supplemental-rule-addresses-small-refinery

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