# Federal Register
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      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

> The EPA published a supplemental proposed rule on October 28, 2019, revising the percentage standards for 2020 under the Renewable Fuel Standard. It also proposes the biomass-based diesel volume for 2021 and responds to a court remand of the 2016 standards. The proposal projects 2020 small refinery exemptions using a three-year average of Department of Energy recommended relief.

- Date: 2019-10-28 · published 2019-10-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56437-federal-register-renewable-fuel-standard-program-standards-for-2020-and-biomass
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Higher or more secure biofuel mandates raise demand for corn-based ethanol and soybean oil for biodiesel, which supports those prices and reduces the feedstock available for feed meal.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-06-26 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2019 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2020](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64400-federal-register-renewable-fuel-standard-program-standards-for-2019-and-biomass.md) | -2.3% | -3.5% |
| CORN | 2019-09-12 | [Proposed Volumes for 2020 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2021: Supplemental Notice \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56931-proposed-volumes-for-2020-and-biomass-based-diesel-volume-for-2021-supplemental.md) | +4.8% | +9.0% |
| CORN | 2025-09-16 | [EPA Proposes Renewable Fuel Standards Supplemental Rule, Addresses Small Refinery Exemptions \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15087-epa-proposes-renewable-fuel-standards-supplemental-rule-addresses-small.md) | -0.3% | -2.6% |
| CORN | 2019-12-19 | [EPA Fulfills Another Trump Administration Promise: Finalizes RFS Volumes for 2020 and Biomass Based Diesel Volumes for 2021 \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55449-epa-fulfills-another-trump-administration-promise-finalizes-rfs-volumes-for.md) | +0.5% | +0.7% |
| CORN | 2016-12-01 | [The EPA's Renewable Fuel Standard Rulemaking for 2017 Was More Aggressive than Expected - farmdoc daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73341-the-epa-s-renewable-fuel-standard-rulemaking-for-2017-was-more-aggressive-than.md) | +3.9% | +2.9% |
| SBO | 2018-06-26 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2019 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2020](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64400-federal-register-renewable-fuel-standard-program-standards-for-2019-and-biomass.md) | -0.6% | -2.4% |
| SBO | 2018-12-11 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2019 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2020](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61458-federal-register-renewable-fuel-standard-program-standards-for-2019-and-biomass.md) | -1.2% | -0.7% |
| SBO | 2016-12-12 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2017 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2018](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73340-federal-register-renewable-fuel-standard-program-standards-for-2017-and-biomass.md) | -0.0% | -3.6% |

## Sources

- federalregister.gov: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/28/2019-23379/renewable-fuel-standard-program-standards-for-2020-and-biomass-based-diesel-volume-for-2021-and

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