The Renewable Fuels Association is seeking from Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson an explanation about the delay in releasing the 2012 Renewable Fuel Standard requirements.  According to statute, volume requirements for the coming compliance year were due by November 30th. The RFA calls the delay – both inexplicable and unacceptable.

In a letter to Jackson, the RFA wrote – the RFS provides critical market certainty for existing ethanol producers, emerging renewable fuel technologies, and motor fuel suppliers that must comply with the RFS. Additionally, the RFS is an important tool in reducing the nation’s dependence on imported oil and creates domestic jobs and economic opportunities that cannot be outsourced.

The association feels that the renewable fuels market is put in jeopardy as long as questions remain about impending RFS requirements and when those requirements will be made final.