# EPA has new opportunity to uphold the RFS | The Gazette

> A guest columnist writes that EPA should stop granting small refinery exemptions under the RFS and urges firmer support for the program. He cites 48 retroactive exemptions for 2016 and 2017 and says Iowa's biodiesel and soybean sectors want more certainty.

- Date: 2018-09-09 · published 2018-09-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62920-epa-has-new-opportunity-to-uphold-the-rfs-the-gazette
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Biofuel policy uncertainty affects soybean oil demand and crush margins, which in turn influence soybean meal supply. Exemption decisions remain a source of price risk for both.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: neutral
- SOY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2020-04-16 | [NBB opposes petition to waive RFS volumes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53534-nbb-opposes-petition-to-waive-rfs-volumes.md) | -3.7% | -3.5% |
| SBO | 2020-10-21 | [The Politics of the RFS \| O&E Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50514-the-politics-of-the-rfs-o-and-e-online.md) | +2.4% | +12.6% |
| SBO | 2017-02-06 | [Groups Line Up Arrows at EPA Over RFS Implementation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72362-groups-line-up-arrows-at-epa-over-rfs-implementation.md) | +2.2% | +0.5% |
| SBO | 2018-03-15 | [News, Notices and Announcements for the Renewable Fuel Standard \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65893-news-notices-and-announcements-for-the-renewable-fuel-standard-us-epa.md) | +1.9% | -0.5% |
| SBO | 2020-02-24 | [EPA Renewable Fuel Shift May Increase Cost Of Compliance - Oil, Gas & Electricity - United States](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54470-epa-renewable-fuel-shift-may-increase-cost-of-compliance-oil-gas-and.md) | -7.6% | -16.3% |
| SOY | 2020-12-23 | [2020 in review: Risks and opportunities for forests - EU REDD Facility](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49670-2020-in-review-risks-and-opportunities-for-forests-eu-redd-facility.md) | +4.5% | +5.2% |
| SOY | 2020-04-16 | [NBB opposes petition to waive RFS volumes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53534-nbb-opposes-petition-to-waive-rfs-volumes.md) | -0.9% | -0.7% |
| SOY | 2017-07-05 | [ASA: RFS Volumes a Missed Opportunity for Biodiesel - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69850-asa-rfs-volumes-a-missed-opportunity-for-biodiesel-american-soybean-association.md) | +6.3% | -0.5% |

## Sources

- thegazette.com: https://www.thegazette.com/guest-columnists/epa-has-new-opportunity-to-uphold-the-rfs/

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