# Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2018 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2019; Availability of Supplemental Information and Request for Further Comment | 82 FR 46174

> The EPA published a Federal Register notice with supplemental data on production, imports and costs of renewable fuel. It seeks comment on possible reductions to the 2018 advanced biofuel and total renewable volumes and the 2019 biomass-based diesel volume under the RFS. Comments are due October 19, 2017.

- Date: 2017-10-04 · published 2017-10-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68332-renewable-fuel-standard-program-standards-for-2018-and-biomass-based-diesel
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Possible cuts to biomass-based diesel and advanced biofuel mandates would reduce demand for soybean oil and other feedstocks, which is bearish for vegetable oil prices. The outcome remained uncertain at the time of publication.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2017-12-12 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2018 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67350-federal-register-renewable-fuel-standard-program-standards-for-2018-and-biomass.md) | -1.1% | -0.3% |
| SBO | 2018-01-30 | [CEI Joins Coalition Letter In Support of EPA Proposed Adjustments to the Renewable Volume Obligations for Biodiesel - Competitive Enterprise Institute](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66861-cei-joins-coalition-letter-in-support-of-epa-proposed-adjustments-to-the.md) | -1.1% | -2.1% |
| SBO | 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) | +2.8% | -0.2% |
| SBO | 2021-01-19 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      Notice of Receipt of Petitions for a Waiver of the 2019 and 2020 Renewable Fuel Standards](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49015-federal-register-notice-of-receipt-of-petitions-for-a-waiver-of-the-2019-and.md) | +1.9% | +10.1% |
| SBO | 2017-11-30 | [NBB disappointed in renewable volume obligation for biodiesel - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67843-nbb-disappointed-in-renewable-volume-obligation-for-biodiesel-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -2.5% | -4.3% |

## Sources

- thefederalregister.org: https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2017-21128/renewable-fuel-standard-program-standards-for-2018-and-biomass-based-diesel-volume-for-2019-availability-of-supplemental

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