Thursday in Kansas City, the Environmental Protection Agency held a hearing to take testimony on their proposed 2017 RFS volume levels for ethanol and 2018 volumes for biomass based diesel. Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts testified in his capacity as Vice Chairman of the Governor’s Biofuels Coalition. He urged the agency to increase the volumes to the statutory levels set by Congress.

National Biodiesel Board’s Vice President of Federal Affairs Anne Steckel says the EPA needs to increase biomass based diesel levels for 2018 to 2.5 billion gallons.

Ag Processing Inc’s Renewable Fuels Vice President Steve Nogel testified at the EPA hearing and says biodiesel levels need to be raised to protect against foreign imports.

The EPA will finalize their 2017 RFS volumes for ethanol and 2018 biodiesel levels November 30 of this year.