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4 November 2019 
(19-7391) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 31 October 2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America .  
 
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TITLE: Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2020 and Biomass - Based Diesel Volume 
for 20 21, and Response to the Remand of the 2016 Standards; Supplemental Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking  
 
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  
 
ACTION: Proposed rule  
 
SUMMARY: In a 29 July 2019 notice of proposed rulemaking, Environmental Protection Agenc y 
(EPA) proposed percentage standards for four categories of renewable fuel that would apply to 
obligated parties in 2020 under the Renewable Fuel Standard. This action takes into consideration 
certain comments received in response to the proposed rule. Ba sed on these comments and 
additional information, EPA is issuing a supplemental proposal and requests comment on 
adjustments to the percentage standards for 2020 that result from the amended definitions of two 
of the terms used to calculate the percentage standards. We are proposing to project the volume 
of gasoline and diesel that will be exempt in 2020 due to small refinery exemptions based on a 
three -year average of the relief recommended by the Department of Energy (DOE). From 2016 -
2018 the relief recom mended by the DOE would have resulted in a reduction to the renewable 
volume obligation of approximately 770 million RINs per year. The amended definitions proposed 
in this rule would effectively increase the percentage standards that apply to non -exempt o bligated 
parties to offset future small refinery exemptions and help ensure that the required volumes are 
met. 
 
DATES: Comments must be received on or before 29 November 2019.  
 
Public Hearing: EPA will hold a public hearing on 30 October 2019, at the locat ion noted in the 
section under ADDRESSES. The hearing will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end when all parties present 
who wish to speak have had an opportunity to do so. Parties wishing to testify at the hearing 
should notify the contact person listed under FOR F URTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by 24 
October 2019.  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-10-28/html/2019 -23379.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-10-28/pdf/2019 -23379.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/USA/19_6150_00_e.pdf  
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