# EPA delivers proposed rule to set 2021 RFS RVOs to OMB  | Biodiesel Magazine

> The EPA has sent its proposed rule setting 2021 Renewable Fuel Standard volume obligations (RVOs) to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review. The rule sets the blending mandates refiners must meet under the RFS.

- Date: 2020-05-15 · published 2020-05-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52995-epa-delivers-proposed-rule-to-set-2021-rfs-rvos-to-omb-biodiesel-magazine
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Blending mandates set the baseline demand for corn-based ethanol and soybean oil used in biodiesel, so the final volumes will influence those feedstock prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-12-20 | [EPA’s final 2020 RFS rule adds more uncertainty to US biofuel policy - Biofuels International Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55455-epa-s-final-2020-rfs-rule-adds-more-uncertainty-to-us-biofuel-policy-biofuels.md) | +0.8% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2025-06-13 | [EPA's RFS Proposal on Biodiesel Sparks Jump in Soybean Futures Prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24298-epa-s-rfs-proposal-on-biodiesel-sparks-jump-in-soybean-futures-prices.md) | -0.8% | -3.2% |
| CORN | 2018-06-26 | [Reaction to EPA's proposed new RFS quotas](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64403-reaction-to-epa-s-proposed-new-rfs-quotas.md) | -2.3% | -3.5% |
| CORN | 2018-06-26 | [EPA Proposes Biofuel Requirements for 2019; On Track to Meet Congressional Deadline \| U.S. EPA News Releases \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64401-epa-proposes-biofuel-requirements-for-2019-on-track-to-meet-congressional.md) | -2.3% | -3.5% |
| CORN | 2019-07-05 | [EPA Proposes Renewable Volume Obligations for 2020 On Track to Meet Statutory Deadline \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57955-epa-proposes-renewable-volume-obligations-for-2020-on-track-to-meet-statutory.md) | +1.9% | -4.0% |
| SBO | 2018-10-31 | [OMB reviews final rule to set 2019 RVOs under the RFS \| Biodiesel Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62409-omb-reviews-final-rule-to-set-2019-rvos-under-the-rfs-biodiesel-magazine.md) | -0.4% | -1.0% |
| SBO | 2023-08-07 | [EPA’s latest RFS rule perpetuates disadvantages to biodiesel](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15283-epa-s-latest-rfs-rule-perpetuates-disadvantages-to-biodiesel.md) | -1.0% | -2.5% |
| SBO | 2019-09-03 | [Biofuels industry focuses on SREs in 2020 RFS RVO comments \| Biodiesel Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56939-biofuels-industry-focuses-on-sres-in-2020-rfs-rvo-comments-biodiesel-magazine.md) | -1.3% | +1.2% |

## Sources

- biodieselmagazine.com: https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/epa-delivers-proposed-rule-to-set-2021-rfs-rvos-to-omb-17182

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