# Biofuel Mandates Escape Current EPA Scrutiny | Sullivan & Worcester - JDSupra

> A legal analysis notes that the Renewable Fuel Standard requires blending of biofuels and allows EPA to waive mandates if market conditions are an obstacle. Uncertainty over the program's future persists under the new administration's review of EPA regulations.

- Date: 2017-06-22 · published 2017-06-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70361-biofuel-mandates-escape-current-epa-scrutiny-sullivan-and-worcester-jdsupra
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

The waiver provision and continued mandates keep biofuel demand for corn and vegetable oil supported in the near term. Political uncertainty over the program's future adds risk to longer-term feedstock demand.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2020-08-26 | [U.S. EPA has not decided on biofuel mandates, refinery exemptions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51483-u-s-epa-has-not-decided-on-biofuel-mandates-refinery-exemptions.md) | +3.6% | +2.2% |
| SBO | 2021-09-03 | [ANALYSIS: Retroactive cuts to US biofuel blend mandates unlikely to hit supply, demand - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44933-analysis-retroactive-cuts-to-us-biofuel-blend-mandates-unlikely-to-hit-supply.md) | -2.4% | +1.3% |
| SBO | 2018-07-18 | [Biofuels Advocates Testify at EPA Hearing \| AgWired](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63926-biofuels-advocates-testify-at-epa-hearing-agwired.md) | +1.8% | +1.3% |
| SBO | 2019-07-05 | [Biofuel industry criticizes EPA’s 2020 RFS levels](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57960-biofuel-industry-criticizes-epa-s-2020-rfs-levels.md) | +0.2% | -1.2% |
| SBO | 2021-04-16 | [EPA seeks oil, corn sectors' input on next phase of U.S. biofuel policy -sources](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47460-epa-seeks-oil-corn-sectors-input-on-next-phase-of-u-s-biofuel-policy-sources.md) | +9.2% | +17.8% |
| CORN | 2020-08-26 | [U.S. EPA has not decided on biofuel mandates, refinery exemptions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51483-u-s-epa-has-not-decided-on-biofuel-mandates-refinery-exemptions.md) | +1.5% | +7.0% |
| CORN | 2026-04-03 | [US biofuel mandates climb amid war, farm income concerns \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19805-us-biofuel-mandates-climb-amid-war-farm-income-concerns-world-grain.md) | -1.8% | +2.8% |
| CORN | 2021-09-03 | [ANALYSIS: Retroactive cuts to US biofuel blend mandates unlikely to hit supply, demand - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44933-analysis-retroactive-cuts-to-us-biofuel-blend-mandates-unlikely-to-hit-supply.md) | -3.4% | -5.9% |

## Sources

- jdsupra.com: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/biofuel-mandates-escape-current-epa-11127/

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