# Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: Reallocation of Additional 2025 Small Refinery Exemptions

**Action Urgency Score:** 55/100

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Agency | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Type | Proposed rule |
| Action | Proposed rule. |
| Published | 2026-10-16 |
| Comments close | 2026-12-04 |
| Significant | No |
| CFR parts | 40 CFR 80, 40 CFR 1090 |
| Summary | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is co-proposing two approaches to revising the existing 2026 and 2027 small refinery exemption (SRE) reallocation volumes under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program in response to a higher volume of 2025 SREs than previously projected when the Agency set the renewable fuel volumes and percentage standards on April 1, 2026. One approach would reallocate the additional 2025 SRE volume equally between the 2026 and 2027 SRE reallocation volumes, while the other approach would reallocate all the additional 2025 SRE volume to the 2027 SRE reallocat |
| Document number | 2026-21155 |

## Why this score
- Comment deadline within 30 days.

Source: Federal Register API (Office of the Federal Register) (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/16/2026-21155/renewable-fuel-standard-rfs-program-reallocation-of-additional-2025-small-refinery-exemptions). Last refreshed: 2026-11-04T09:17:43.641Z.
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