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Tue 4/22/2014 9:20:42 PM
API: Cellulosic volume change shows need to spike RFS

4/22/14 5:19 PM EDT

The American Petroleum Institute says today's decision by the EPA to lower the 2013 cellulosic
biofuel volume mandate only highlights a Renewable Fuels Standard program that isn't working.
"Nearly five months after the end of the year, EPA has finally agreed to reconsider its 2013
mandate for biofuels that do not exist. But setting unreasonable mandates isn't just bad public
policy, it makes producing the fuels American consumers demand harder and more costly,'' said
API Downstream Group Director Bob Greco. "It's time for Congress to stop the insanity and
repeal the unworkable Renewable Fuel Standard."
EPA has routinely had to backtrack on its cellulosic mandates after production has fallen short of
projections.
"For four years running, biofuel producers have promised high cellulosic ethanol production that
hasn't happened,'' Greco said. He said the agency should also reconsider its proposed 2014
cellulosic volume mandate of 17 million gallons.
- Erica Martinson

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