(NAFB) – The Environmental Protection Agency announced a package of actions, including setting the Renewable Volume Obligations for 2022, 2021, and 2020.

The agency also introduced regulator changes intended to enhance the program’s objectives. For 2022, the EPA is proposing the highest total volumes in history, putting the program on a stable trajectory that provides for significant growth. The proposed volume for 2022 is over 3.5 billion gallons higher than the volume of renewable fuel used in 2020. The proposed volume for advanced biofuels in 2022 is over one billion gallons greater than the volume used in 2020.

EPA is also proposing to deny dozes of petitions to exempt small refineries from the obligations under the RFS.

“Despite multiple challenging dynamics affecting the RFS program in recent years, EPA remains committed to the growth of biofuels in America to secure a clean zero-carbon energy future,” says EPA Administrator Michael Regan.