Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson Statement on EPA Peer Review for Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) Released Today

WASHINGTON, DC. - Today, Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson (MN) issued the following statement in reaction to the Environmental Protection Agency's release of a peer review of the lifecycle analysis issues included in the RFS2 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

"The EPA peer review panel reaffirmed many of the concerns I have about the EPA's proposed rule and rulemaking process for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2). The panel expressed concern about using these incomplete and unreliable models to measure indirect land use changes and indicated that they didn't have enough time to review this convoluted and complicated proposal.

I am also concerned that there is no evidence that the U.S. Department of Agriculture or any other Federal agencies with expertise on these issues were included in the peer review process.

This is exactly why the House of Representatives voted in the climate change bill to limit EPA's ability to implement international indirect land use provisions in the RFS2."