Cellulosice waiver authority is behind the increase to the advance biofuel RVO

While various groups celebrate and even thank the EPA for the unexpected increase in the D5 RVO, what they don’t realize is that the EPA Administrator may not have wanted to grant that increase.  

The EPA is required to exercise its cellulosic waiver authority when projected cellulosic supply is significantly below statute. For 2019 the cellulosic statute is 8.50 billion…