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WEST DES MOINES, IA – Today Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) submitted formal comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding proposed Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) blending levels and regulatory updates for 2026-27 RFS. 

 

IRFA strongly supports the EPA’s proposed RFS blending levels and advocates for limiting small refinery exemptions (SREs) while ensuring full reallocation of these exemptions. IRFA also supports the addition of new renewable fuel pathways. 

 

Key points from IRFA’s comments include: 

• Endorsement of proposed RFS blending levels 

• Support of two-year RFS rule to enhance market certainty 

• Recommendation to grant fewer but fully reallocated SREs  

• Advocacy for adding ethanol-to-jet and hydrotreated soybean oil to naphtha/LNG pathways 

• Encouragement to adopt the latest GREET model for lifecycle analysis 

• Urging removal of regulatory barriers to year-round E15 sales 

 

To view IRFA’s full comments, click here. 

 

The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association represents the state’s liquid renewable fuels industry and works to foster its growth. Iowa is the nation’s leader in renewable fuels production with 42 ethanol refineries capable of producing 4.7 billion gallons annually – including 34 million gallons of annual cellulosic ethanol production capacity – and 10 biodiesel facilities with the capacity to produce 416 million gallons annually. For more information, visit the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association website at: www.IowaRFA.org.  

 

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