# Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 208 (Monday, October 28, 2019)

> The Federal Register published the EPA's October 28, 2019 supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking on the 2020 Renewable Fuel Standard percentage standards and the 2021 biomass-based diesel volume. The notice responds to comments on the July 2019 proposal. It also proposes projecting 2020 small refinery exemptions from a three-year average of Department of Energy relief.

- Date: 2019-10-28 · published 2019-10-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56440-federal-register-volume-84-issue-208-monday-october-28-2019
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

The proposed percentage standards set the biofuel blending demand for corn and soybean oil in 2020 and 2021, so the final numbers will influence prices for those feedstocks.

## 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 | 2017-04-25 | [Biofuels Stakeholders Issue Statement on Oral Arguments for 2014 – 2016 Renewable Volume Obligations - Fuels Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71377-biofuels-stakeholders-issue-statement-on-oral-arguments-for-2014-2016-renewable.md) | +2.1% | +4.1% |
| CORN | 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) | -1.3% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2019-06-10 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      Modifications to Fuel Regulations To Provide Flexibility for E15; Modifications to RFS RIN Market Regulations](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58475-federal-register-modifications-to-fuel-regulations-to-provide-flexibility-for.md) | +5.9% | +4.8% |
| CORN | 2022-06-03 | [US EPA issues final RFS rule for 2021-’22, lowers most 2020 volumes, denies 69 more SREs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15383-us-epa-issues-final-rfs-rule-for-2021-22-lowers-most-2020-volumes-denies-69.md) | +5.5% | +1.1% |
| SBO | 2022-07-01 | [Federal Register, Volume 87 Issue 126 (Friday, July 1, 2022)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15376-federal-register-volume-87-issue-126-friday-july-1-2022.md) | -7.8% | -10.0% |
| SBO | 2020-02-06 | [Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2020)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54464-federal-register-volume-85-issue-25-thursday-february-6-2020.md) | -0.9% | -7.1% |
| SBO | 2023-07-12 | [Federal Register, Volume 88 Issue 132 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15290-federal-register-volume-88-issue-132-wednesday-july-12-2023.md) | -3.6% | -2.6% |

## Sources

- govinfo.gov: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-10-28/html/2019-23379.htm

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