The National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA) today urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promptly “set 2026 RFS standards and adopt a robust step change in biomass-based diesel and advanced biofuel volumes.”
In a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, NOPA, along with Clean Fuels Alliance America, American Farm Bureau Federation, American Soybean Association, North American Renderers Association and U.S. Canola, urged the EPA to propose and finalize the 2026 biomass-based diesel (BBD) volume at no less than 5.25 billion gallons.
This target is supported by a recent NOPA-commissioned feedstock study showing that U.S. domestic feedstocks can support 5.3 billion gallons of BBD production in 2026 and 6.7 billion gallons by 2030.
“NOPA’s feedstock study clearly demonstrates our ability to not only meet but exceed demand for biomass-based diesel with domestic feedstocks today while still meeting the demand for food and feed across the world,” said Devin Mogler, NOPA President and CEO.“The EPA had previously set BBD volumes far below industry capacity, creating uncertainty and limiting growth in domestic manufacturing and ultimately reducing values for American farmers. Reversing this trend and setting 2026 volumes that accurately reflect our capabilities will provide more clean energy to more Americans and set us on a path to domestic energy dominance.”
In their letter to Zeldin, the groups cited the significant investments in both domestic biofuel production and feedstock supply, supporting a doubling of domestic clean fuels production over the past several years. Per NOPA’s feedstock study, in 2023 alone, domestic and imported feedstocks supported the production of 4.3 billion gallons of BBD, surpassing the yearly Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) for 2023, 2024 and 2025.
This increased production is supported by the U.S. oilseed processing industry’s $6 billion investment to expand U.S. crushing capacity by 25% relative to 2023 installed capacity. Setting robust BBD volumes for 2026 and beyond will provide certainty for the industry’s continued growth, economic opportunity and further the Trump Administration’s American energy goals.