EPA announced the availability of the Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress (External Review Draft) for a 60-day public comment period. Information about the upcoming meetings can be found on the external peer review meeting for the 3rd Triennial Biofuels Report to Congress webpage. The deadline for comments is Mar 6, 2023. [Federal Register Notice Jan 3, 2023]

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U.S. EPA. Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress (External Review Draft). EPA/600/R-22/273, 2022.

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This third report builds on the previous two reports and provides an update on the impacts to date of the RFS Program on the environment. This report assesses air, water, and soil quality; ecosystem health and biodiversity; and other effects. This third report also includes new analyses not previously included in the first and second reports.

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EPA announced the release of the draft report, Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress External Review Draft for public comment and external panel peer review. This report is responsive to Section 204 of the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA). This Third Triennial Report to Congress focuses on the dominant biofuel sources in the US: (1) domestic corn ethanol from corn starch, (2) domestic biodiesel from soybean oil, (3) domestic biodiesel from fats, oils, and greases (FOGs), and (4) imported ethanol from Brazilian sugarcane. The report was developed in close collaboration with USDA, DOE, and USGS. Peer review will be conducted under the framework of EPA’s Scientific Integrity Policy and follow procedures established in EPA’s Peer Review Handbook 4th Edition, 2015 (EPA/100/B-15/001) and the Office of Management and Budget’s "Final Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review."

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