# Federal Register
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      Notice of Receipt of Petitions for a Waiver of the 2019 and 2020 Renewable Fuel Standards

> The EPA published a notice on January 19, 2021 requesting comment on petitions seeking waivers of 2019 and 2020 Renewable Fuel Standard obligations. Petitioners, including small refineries, argue that economic harm warrants the agency using its general waiver authority.

- Date: 2021-01-19 · published 2021-01-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49015-federal-register-notice-of-receipt-of-petitions-for-a-waiver-of-the-2019-and
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Granting waivers would reduce biofuel blending obligations and weaken demand for soybean oil and corn ethanol feedstocks, which is bearish for soy oil prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2017-12-12 | [Federal Register
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      Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2018 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67350-federal-register-renewable-fuel-standard-program-standards-for-2018-and-biomass.md) | -1.1% | -0.3% |
| SBO | 2023-01-31 | [EPA Proposes Renewable Fuel Standards for 2023, 2024 and 2025 \| Farm Bureau Intel Markets \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15340-epa-proposes-renewable-fuel-standards-for-2023-2024-and-2025-farm-bureau-intel.md) | -3.9% | -2.6% |
| SBO | 2020-04-22 | [The 2020 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): COVID-19 Impacts  - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53525-the-2020-renewable-fuel-standard-rfs-covid-19-impacts-everycrsreport-com.md) | -0.2% | +6.9% |
| SBO | 2023-06-30 | [Renewable Fuel Standard Final Rule – 2023, 2024, 2025: Increases Short of Expectations \| Farm Bureau Intel Markets \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15301-renewable-fuel-standard-final-rule-2023-2024-2025-increases-short-of.md) | +7.8% | +12.3% |
| SBO | 2017-10-04 | [Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2018 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2019; Availability of Supplemental Information and Request for Further Comment \| 82 FR 46174](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68332-renewable-fuel-standard-program-standards-for-2018-and-biomass-based-diesel.md) | +1.1% | +6.9% |
| CORN | 2020-04-22 | [The 2020 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): COVID-19 Impacts  - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53525-the-2020-renewable-fuel-standard-rfs-covid-19-impacts-everycrsreport-com.md) | -1.2% | +1.6% |
| CORN | 2023-08-14 | [Mexico: Mexico Notifies Revised NOM-187 to the WTO and Opens 60-day Comment Period \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34543-mexico-mexico-notifies-revised-nom-187-to-the-wto-and-opens-60-day-comment.md) | +0.3% | -1.6% |
| CORN | 2020-03-30 | [‘Unprecedented’: Sizing up the federal farm rescue - POLITICO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54119-unprecedented-sizing-up-the-federal-farm-rescue-politico.md) | +3.6% | -5.7% |

## Sources

- federalregister.gov: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/19/2021-01017/notice-of-receipt-of-petitions-for-a-waiver-of-the-2019-and-2020-renewable-fuel-standards

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