WASHINGTON - EPA will require an extra 500 million gallons of biofuel blending over the next two years under the Renewable Fuel Standard in an effort to meet the requirements of a 2017 court order , two biofuel industry sources told POLITICO. In 2017, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals found that EPA had improperly used waivers to lower blending requirements for years 2014 through 2016, and it told the agency to require 500 million gallons in future rules to compensate biofuel producers.

The agency would add the extra gallons over two years, though the sources weren't sure whether the extra gallons would be part of the annual blending requirements or come as part of supplemental rules. The move would be a boon for biofuel producers who have been struggling because of the drop in fuel demand during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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