EPA can move ahead with proposed RFS2 rule
- Nathanael Greene
- Director of Renewable Energy Policy, New York City
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- Posted April 30, 2009 in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Thanks to the sharp eyes and quick reporting of Ben Geman at Greenwire (subscription required), we now know that OMB has finally released EPA's proposed RFS2 rule back to EPA. This means that once EPA addresses OMB's comments and the Administrator signs the proposed rule, it can go out for public comment. So an NPRM maybe middle of next week?
My understanding is that EPA's rule is intact complete with their proposed approach to measuring land-use emissions. As I've written about before, EPA came under intense pressure from factions of the biofuels industry during the OMB review process to gut or jettison the land-use emissions accounting.
Apparently, Administrator Lisa Jackson was unyielding in her commitment to proposing a complete rule and her support of all the hard work of her staff. What a difference and election makes, eh?
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Tim Gieseke — May 4 2009 08:27 AM
Nathanael,
I can appreciate the concept that land use changes in one area, or consumption of a commodity off an acre in one area causes the invisible hand of economics to search for more of that commodity, but I find that the unintended consequences of such a law would create folly unless you plan on just arbitrarily placing this burden upon biomass intended for fuel production - or I guess maybe as narrow as corn production for ethanol. Trying to handcuff the invisible hand of economics assumes you know how everyone will react to your well-crafted master plan.