58486 Federal Register /Vol. 82, No. 237/Tuesday, …

1 58486 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 237 / tuesday , december 12, 2017 / rules and Regulations ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION transportation fuel produced or disclosure is restricted by statute. AGENCY imported in the year 2018. Relying on Certain other material, such as statutory waiver authority that is copyrighted material, is not placed on 40 CFR Part 80 available when projected cellulosic the internet and will be publicly [EPA HQ OAR 2017 0091; FRL 9971 73 biofuel production volumes are less available only in hard copy form. OAR] than the applicable volume specified in Publicly available docket materials are the statute, the EPA is establishing available electronically through http://. RIN 2060 AT04 volume requirements for cellulosic biofuel, advanced biofuel, and total Renewable Fuel Standard Program: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia renewable fuel that are below the Standards for 2018 and Biomass- MacAllister, Office of Transportation statutory volume targets.

2 In this action, Based Diesel Volume for 2019 and Air Quality, Assessment and we are also establishing the applicable Standards Division, Environmental AGENCY: Environmental Protection volume of biomass-based diesel for Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Agency (EPA). 2019. Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone ACTION: Final rule. DATES: This final rule is effective on number: 734 214 4131; email address: SUMMARY: Under section 211 of the February 12, 2018. Clean Air Act, the Environmental ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Entities Protection Agency (EPA) is required to docket for this action under Docket ID potentially affected by this final rule are set renewable fuel percentage standards No.

3 EPA HQ OAR 2017 0091. All those involved with the production, every year. This action establishes the documents in the docket are listed on distribution, and sale of transportation annual percentage standards for the Web fuels, including gasoline and diesel fuel cellulosic biofuel, biomass-based diesel, site. Although listed in the index, some or renewable fuels such as ethanol, advanced biofuel, and total renewable information is not publicly available, biodiesel, renewable diesel, and biogas. fuel that apply to gasoline and diesel , CBI or other information whose Potentially regulated categories include: Category NAICS 1 codes SIC 2 codes Examples of potentially regulated entities Industry.

4 324110 2911 Petroleum Refineries. Industry .. 325193 2869 Ethyl alcohol manufacturing. Industry .. 325199 2869 Other basic organic chemical manufacturing. Industry .. 424690 5169 Chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers. Industry .. 424710 5171 Petroleum bulk stations and terminals. Industry .. 424720 5172 Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers. Industry .. 221210 4925 Manufactured gas production and distribution. Industry .. 454319 5989 Other fuel dealers. 1 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system code. This table is not intended to be II. Authority and Need for Waiver of 3. Other Advanced Biofuel exhaustive, but rather provides a guide Statutory Applicable Volumes 4.

5 Total Advanced Biofuel for readers regarding entities likely to be A. Statutory Authorities for Reducing C. Exercise of Cellulosic Waiver Authority Volume Targets for Advanced Biofuel regulated by this action. This table lists D. Exercise of Cellulosic Waiver Authority 1. Cellulosic Waiver Authority the types of entities that EPA is now 2. General Waiver Authority for Total Renewable Fuel aware could potentially be regulated by B. Treatment of Carryover RINs E. Impacts of 2018 Standards on Costs this action. Other types of entities not 1. Updated Projection of Carryover RIN 1. Illustrative Cost Savings Associated listed in the table could also be Volume With Reducing Statutory Cellulosic regulated.

6 To determine whether your 2. EPA's Decision Regarding the Treatment Volumes entity would be regulated by this action, of Carryover RINs 2. Illustrative Cost Analysis of Advanced you should carefully examine the III. Cellulosic Biofuel Volume for 2018 Biofuels Using 2017 as the Baseline A. Statutory Requirements V. Consideration of Additional Reductions applicability criteria in 40 CFR part 80. B. Cellulosic Biofuel Industry Assessment Using Other Waiver Authorities If you have any questions regarding the 1. Potential Domestic Producers A. Inadequate Domestic Supply applicability of this action to a 2. Potential Foreign Sources of Cellulosic B. Severe Economic Harm particular entity, consult the person Biofuel C.

7 Severe Environmental Harm listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 3. Summary of Volume Projections for D. Biomass-Based Diesel Waiver Authority CONTACT section. Individual Companies VI. Final Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for C. Projection from the Energy Information 2019. Outline of This Preamble Administration A. Statutory Requirements D. Cellulosic Biofuel Volume for 2018 B. Determination of the 2019 Applicable I. Executive Summary 1. Liquid Cellulosic Biofuel Volume of Biomass-Based Diesel A. Purpose of This Action 2. CNG/LNG Derived From Biogas C. Consideration of Statutory Factors set B. Summary of Major Provisions in This 3. Total Cellulosic Biofuel in 2018 forth in CAA Section 211(o)(2)(B)(ii)(I).

8 Action IV. Advanced Biofuel and Total Renewable (VI) for 2019. ethrower on DSK3G9T082 PROD with rules . 1. Approach to Setting Volume Fuel Volumes for 2018 VII. Percentage Standards for 2018. Requirements A. Volumetric Limitation on Use of the A. Calculation of Percentage Standards 2. Cellulosic Biofuel Cellulosic Waiver Authority B. Small Refineries and Small Refiners 3. Advanced Biofuel B. Reasonably Attainable Volumes of C. Final Standards 4. Total Renewable Fuel Advanced Biofuel VIII. Administrative Actions 6. 2019 Biomass-Based Diesel 1. Imported Sugarcane Ethanol A. Assessment of the Domestic Aggregate 7. Annual Percentage Standards 2. Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel Compliance Approach VerDate Sep<11>2014 22:42 Dec 11, 2017 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\ 12 DER2.

9 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 237 / tuesday , december 12, 2017 / rules and Regulations 58487. B. Assessment of the Canadian Aggregate contains more than 4 percent biodiesel lower than the statutory targets, but Compliance Approach and/or renewable nevertheless will ensure these C. RIN Market Operation The statute includes annual volume renewable fuels will continue to play a IX. Public Participation targets, and requires EPA to translate critical role as a complement to our X. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews those volume targets (or alternative petroleum-based fuels. The final rule A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and Executive volume requirements established by modifies the volume requirements Order 13563: Improving Regulation and EPA in accordance with statutory slightly relative to the proposed rule, Regulatory Review waiver authorities) into compliance and in this notice we explain where and B.

10 Executive Order 13771: Reducing obligations that obligated parties must why such modifications were made. Regulations and Controlling Regulatory meet every year. In this action, we are In this action, we are finalizing Costs establishing the annual percentage volume requirements for cellulosic C. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) standards for cellulosic biofuel, biofuel at the level we project to be D. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) biomass-based diesel (BBD), advanced available for 2018. We are using the E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act biofuel, and total renewable fuel that cellulosic waiver authority'' provided (UMRA). would apply to all gasoline and diesel by the statute to finalize volume F.