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CREW: Environmental Protection Agency: Responsive Documents: 3-2-15: Batch 5
Sanchez, Roque
Location:
EEOB 228
Importance:
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Subject: RFS Briefing
Categories:
Green Category
Start Date/Time:
Wed 8/7/2013 5:00:00 PM
End Date/Time:
Wed 8/7/2013 5:50:00 PM
EPA will provide a briefing on the draft 2014 proposed RFS rule. Please send WAVES info to
Roque Sanchez by COB, 8/6.
Manifest
From:
Atkinson, Emily
Required Attendees:
Garbow, A vi
Optional Attendees:
Veney, Carla
Location:
Denis McDonough Office, West Wing, 1st Floor
Importance:
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Subject: Principals Meeting on RFS (Confirmed)
Start Date/Time:
Thur 7/3/2014 5:45:00 PM
End Date/Time:
Thur 7/3/2014 6:45:00 PM
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McCabe, Janet[McCabe.Janet@epa.gov]
Porterfield, Teri[Porterfield.Teri@epa.gov]; Atkinson, Emily[Atkinson.Emily@epa.gov]
Wang, Jenny
Tue 7/1/2014 8:22:39 PM
RE: THURDAY: Principals Meeting on RFS - July 3rd at 1:45PM
Emily Atkinson
Staff Assistant
Immediate Office of the Acting Assistant Administrator
Office of Air and Radiation, USEPA
Room 54068, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20460
Voice: 202-564-1850
Email:
Good Afternoon -
Manifest is below. Agenda and read ahead materials will be sent through StaffSec channels.
Manifest
Vilsack
McCarthy
(+I) McCabe
Eggleston
Fallon
Furman
Heinzelman
Minsk
Podesta
Pfeiffer
Shelanski
Stock
Utech
Zients
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Atkinson, Emily[Atkinson.Emily@epa.gov]
Jones, Lisa M.
Wed 6/18/2014 1:20:17 PM
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Sanchez, Roque
Location:
EEOB 405
Importance:
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Subject: 2014 RFS Meeting
Start Date/Time:
Mon 9/23/2013 8:00:00 PM
End Date/Time:
Mon 9/23/2013 9:00:00 PM
Meeting to continue discussion on the 2014 RFS. Please send WAVES for non-EOP attendees to
Roque Sanchez by COB 9/20.
EOP Manifest: DPC - Dan Utech; NEC - Ron Minsk; CEA- Jim Stock; OIRA - Andrei Greenawalt,
Dom Mancini; NSS - Michelle Patron; USTR - Ellie Shea; WHCO -- David Sandler, Jeremy Maltby;
OTSP - Bob Simon
Agency Manifest: EPA - Janet McCabe, Joel Beauvais, Benjamin Hengst, John Hannon, Karl
Simon, Chris Grundler; DOE - Melanie Kenderdine; USDA-Anne MacMillan, Rob Johanssen; DOS Bob Cekuta
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Atkinson, Emily
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Start Date/Time:
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Sanchez, Roque
Location:
EEOB 228
Importance:
Normal
Subject: RFS Briefing
Start Date/Time:
Wed 8/7/2013 5:00:00 PM
End Date/Time:
Wed 8/7/2013 5:50:00 PM
EPA will provide a briefing on the draft 2014 proposed RFS rule. Please send WAVES info to
Roque Sanchez by COB, 8/6.
Manifest
EPA - Janet McCabe, Christopher Grundler, Benjamin Hengst, Paul Machiele; DOE - Melanie
Kenderdine; USDA - Anne MacMillan; DPC - Dan Utech, Ali Zaidi; CEQ- Rick Duke; NEC - Ron
Minsk; CEA - Jim Stock; MB - Andrei Greenawalt+ 1; and NSS - Michelle Patron
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Hengst, Benjamin[Hengst.Benjamin@epa.gov]
Haynes, Laura (Carper)
Tue 8/6/2013 4:53:45 PM
Fw: Senator Carper Reacts to EPA Announcement on the Renewable Fuel Standard
"Today's announcement sends a strong signal to our refineries that the EPA is
listening to their concerns and working responsibly to address them," said
Senator Carper, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear
Safety. "By giving refineries more time to comply to the standard, and by
signaling that the EPA will likely address blendwall issues in the upcoming 2014
targets, I'm hopeful that today's rule will settle the Renewable Identification
Number (RIN) markets, which have been volatile over the past year and are a big
concern for smaller refineries like the one in Delaware City. I encourage the EPA
to move quickly on the 2014 targets and look forward to working with the agency
to ensure we have a stable and transparent RIN market."
Through the Renewable Fuel Standard authorized in the Clean Air Act, the EPA is
responsible for regulations that ensure our nation's transportation fuel supply is blended
with a minimum amount of renewable fuels every year. In the Energy Policy Act of 2007,
Congress greatly expanded the requirements of the RFS to ramp up toward a goal of 36
billion gallons of renewable fuel by 2022 and increased demand for second generation
biofuels, like cellulosic and biodiesel. In implementing the RFS, the EPA is required to
issue the year's volume targets for compliance prior to the beginning of the calendar
year. Refineries and importers use these targets to determine how many Renewable
Identification Number (RIN) credits will need to be given to EPA to meet compliance
requirements. Unfortunately, due to court delays and other issues, the EPA is just now
finalizing the targets for 2013. As a result of compliance uncertainty and the industry
moving ever closer to the E10 blendwall - 10 percent levels of ethanol - RIN prices
have spiked from 10 cents to $1.50. The increase in RIN prices results in an increase in
costs of RFS compliance - especially for small refineries that have reduced or no
blending capabilities.
"I have long supported the goals of Renewable Fuel Standard - incentivizing
environmentally-friendly options that move our country away from foreign fossil
fuels, while safeguarding our energy security," Senator Carper continued. "I also
strongly believe that as we make investments in renewable fuels to lower our
dependency on foreign oil, we must ensure that we don't have an adverse impact
on the environment or our economy. In the past two years, with the extreme
drought and blendwall concerns, we have seen some unintended economic
consequences of the Renewable Fuel Standard. I believe Congress gave the EPA
the tools to address economic concerns resulting from the RFS, and I'm happy to
see the EPA is finally signaling that the agency is willing to use these tools."
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From:
McCabe, Janet
Required Attendees:
Hengst, Benjamin; Argyropoulos, Paul; Machiele, Paul; Grundler,
Christopher; Horowitz, Michael; Dubois, Roland; Beauvais, Joel; Jones, Lisa M.
Location:
EEOB Room# 238 +Call In: 202-395-6392; Passcode: 934 1052#
Importance:
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Subject: WH Meeting on RFS (Confirmed)
Start Date/Time:
Wed 6/18/2014 8:00:00 PM
End Date/Time:
Wed 6/18/2014 9:00:00 PM
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Attend In Person: McCabe, Janet; Beauvais, Joel; Hengst, Ben; Argyropoulos, Paul; Horowitz,
Michael; Dubois, Roland
Via Phone: Machiele, Paul; Grundler, Chris
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Jones, Lisa M.
Wed 6/18/2014 1:20:17 PM
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Atkinson, Emily
Required Attendees:
Grundler, Christopher; Beauvais, Joel; Hengst, Benjamin;
Mancini, Dominic J.; Greenawalt, Andrei; Whiteman, Chad; Laity, Jim; Simon, Karl; Lie, Sharyn
Location:
EEOB Room: 248
Importance:
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Subject: RFS Process and Volume Analysis Meeting (Confirmed)
Start Date/Time:
Tue 3/18/2014 8:00:00 PM
End Date/Time:
Tue 3/18/2014 9:00:00 PM
WAVES sent to Lisa Jones on 3/5 for EPA staff outlined below (except Karl and Sharyn will send
their WAVES separately)
To: McCabe, Janet; Grundler, Chris; Beauvais, Joel; Hengst, Ben; Simon, Karl; Lie, Sharyn
EEOB: Mancini, Dom; Greenawalt, Andrei; Whiteman, Chad; Laity, Jim
From:
McCabe, Janet
Required Attendees:
Hengst, Benjamin; Grundler, Christopher; Beauvais, Joel
Location:
EEOB Room 238; Dial In: 202-395-6392; Passcode: 934 1052
Importance:
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Subject: RFS 2014 Meeting (Confirmed)
Start Date/Time:
Tue 1/28/2014 2:15:00 PM
End Date/Time:
Tue 1/28/2014 3:00:00 PM
Emily sent WAVES on 1/24 for Janet Chri~ Ben and Joel
To: McCabe, Janet; Hengst, Ben; Grundler, Chris; Beauvais, Joel
From:
Sanchez, Roque
Location:
EEOB 228
Importance:
Normal
Subject: 2014 RFS Proposal
Start Date/Time:
Mon 9/16/2013 4:00:00 PM
End Date/Time:
Mon 9/16/2013 5:00:00 PM
DPC, NEC, CEA, and OIRA are convening a 1-hour interagency meeting to discuss EPA's draft
proposed rule to set 2014 biofuels volumes under the RFS. Please send WAVES to Roque
Sanchez by COB 9/13 for any attendees without a WH badge.
EOP Manifest:
DPC- Dan Utech
NEC- Ron Minsk
CEA- Jim Stock
OIRA-Andrei Greenawalt, Dom Mancini
NSS- Michelle Patron
Agency Manifest:
EPA- Janet McCabe, Joel Beauvais, Benjamin Hengst
DOE - Melanie Kenderdine
USDA- Anne MacMillan, Rob Johanssen
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Location:
EEOB 228
Importance:
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Subject: RFS Briefing
Start Date/Time:
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End Date/Time:
Wed 8/7/2013 5:50:00 PM
EPA will provide a briefing on the draft 2014 proposed RFS rule. Please send WAVES info to
Roque Sanchez by COB, 8/6.
Manifest
EPA- Janet McCabe, Christopher Grundler, Benjamin Hengst, Paul Machiele
DOE - Melanie Kenderdine
USDA- Anne MacMillan
DPC - Dan Utech, Ali Zaidi
CEQ - Rick Duke
NEC- Ron Minsk
CEA- Jim Stock
OM B - Andrei Greenawalt+ 1
NSS- Michelle Patron