# EPA details broad expansion of biofuel waiver program

> EPA published data showing it issued 29 small refinery waivers for 2017, up from 19 for 2016 and 7 for 2015. The exempted gallons for 2017 totaled 13.62 billion, nearly double the 7.8 billion for 2016. EPA is still considering five 2017 requests and has received 11 requests for 2018.

- Date: 2018-09-20 · published 2018-09-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62925-epa-details-broad-expansion-of-biofuel-waiver-program
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Large exempted volumes reduce required ethanol and biodiesel blending, cutting demand for corn and soybean oil. Pending 2018 requests suggest this pressure could continue.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-07-11 | [EPA scraps detailed plan to force U.S. refiners to blend more biofuels](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63922-epa-scraps-detailed-plan-to-force-u-s-refiners-to-blend-more-biofuels.md) | +0.5% | +9.5% |
| CORN | 2019-09-17 | [Trade tensions, oversupply, and SREs drive biofuel plant shutdowns - ProAg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57067-trade-tensions-oversupply-and-sres-drive-biofuel-plant-shutdowns-proag.md) | +1.7% | +4.7% |
| CORN | 2020-04-16 | [Five oil-refining states ask US EPA to waive biofuel mandate amid plunging fuel demand \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53530-five-oil-refining-states-ask-us-epa-to-waive-biofuel-mandate-amid-plunging-fuel.md) | -1.1% | -1.4% |
| CORN | 2019-08-09 | [EPA Announces Biofuel and Small Refinery Exemption Priorities \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57447-epa-announces-biofuel-and-small-refinery-exemption-priorities-us-epa.md) | -7.7% | -8.0% |
| CORN | 2018-05-21 | [Waiver Wire: Why is the biofuels industry up in arms about oil refinery waivers?  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64918-waiver-wire-why-is-the-biofuels-industry-up-in-arms-about-oil-refinery-waivers.md) | +0.4% | -6.9% |
| SBO | 2018-07-11 | [EPA scraps detailed plan to force U.S. refiners to blend more biofuels](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63922-epa-scraps-detailed-plan-to-force-u-s-refiners-to-blend-more-biofuels.md) | -4.0% | -1.0% |
| SBO | 2021-08-26 | [Indonesia's biofuel B40 plan expansion at risk on high palm oil prices - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45437-indonesia-s-biofuel-b40-plan-expansion-at-risk-on-high-palm-oil-prices.md) | -2.6% | -5.4% |
| SBO | 2020-04-16 | [Five oil-refining states ask US EPA to waive biofuel mandate amid plunging fuel demand \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53530-five-oil-refining-states-ask-us-epa-to-waive-biofuel-mandate-amid-plunging-fuel.md) | -3.7% | -3.5% |

## Sources

- admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com: https://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2018/09/epa-details-broad-expansion-of-biofuel-waiver-program/

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