Delay in Issuing 2014 Standards for the Renewable Fuel Standard Program

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Environmental Protection Agency 40 CFR Part 80 [EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0479; FRL-9919-92-OAR] AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notification of delay in issuing standards. SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that it will not be finalizing 2014 applicable percentage standards under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program before the end of 2014. In light of this delay in issuing the 2014 RFS standards, the compliance demonstration deadline for the 2013 RFS standards will take place in 2015. EPA will be making modifications to the EPA-Moderated Transaction System (EMTS) to ensure that Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) generated in 2012 are valid for demonstrating compliance with the 2013 applicable standards. DATES: December 9, 2014. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia MacAllister, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Assessment and Standards Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; Telephone number: (734) 214-4131; Fax number: (734) 214-4816; Email address: macallister.julia@epa.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 29, 2013, at 78 FR 71732 , EPA published a notice of proposed rulemaking to establish the 2014 RFS standards. [ 1 ] The proposal has generated significant comment and controversy, particularly about how volumes should ( printed page 73008) be set in light of lower gasoline consumption than had been forecast at the time that the Energy Independence and Secu…