President Trump said he will name Interim EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to the post permanently. Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Geoff Cooper sees that as positive for the biofuels industry.

He says the EPA under Wheeler has done a good job of releasing more information about how small refiner exemptions are issued under the Renewable Fuel Standard.

Cooper says the EPA will likely release the 2019 RFS volume levels in the next couple of weeks and expect to see a robust level for ethanol under that, at least 15 billion gallons for conventional ethanol.

Wheeler will need to be confirmed by the Senate. That body confirmed him last April as Deputy EPA Administrator.