NOPA Calls Proposed Vegetable Oil Cap Unwarranted; Warns of Impact on Fuel Prices, Air Quality, and Consumers

NOPA urged CARB to reject the proposed vegetable oil cap on biomass-based diesel feedstocks for California, arguing it contradicts CARB's own modeling. NOPA said the cap, along with pathway phaseouts and stricter traceability rules, would raise pump prices and worsen air quality.

It also argued the rules favor imported used cooking oil and tallow over U.S. oilseed feedstocks.