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Trump Officials Agree on Plan to Boost Ethanol, Biodiesel

  • Administration trying to balance farm, oil refinery interests
  • Targets to reflect a three-year rolling average of exemptions
Biofuel Quota Plan Said to Face Delay Amid Refiner Backlash
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The Trump administration has agreed to a new plan for boosting renewable fuels and offsetting waivers exempting oil refineries from mandates to use them, according to three people familiar with the matter who asked for anonymity before a formal announcement.

The tentative agreement, which follows weeks of negotiations, would allow the Environmental Protection Agency to offset those waivers in response to criticism from industry advocates and Midwestern politicians that the exemptions have hurt demand for corn-based ethanol and soybean-based biodiesel.