{"id":22080,"date":"2022-05-15T21:33:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T21:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=22080"},"modified":"2022-05-15T21:33:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T21:33:22","slug":"nata-and-41-other-industry-groups-urge-biden-administration-to-address-saf-regulatory-roadblocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/nata-and-41-other-industry-groups-urge-biden-administration-to-address-saf-regulatory-roadblocks\/%20","title":{"rendered":"NATA and 41 Other Industry Groups Urge Biden Administration to Address SAF Regulatory Roadblocks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) joined\nforces with a host of other aviation stakeholders urging the Biden\nAdministration to address significant regulatory roadblocks that currently\nhinder wide-scale commercialization of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a May 12 letter<\/a> to National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, 42 organizations representing nearly every sector of the industry\u2014including SAF producers, fuel distributers, aircraft manufacturers, airports, fixed base operators, air carriers, and leading aviation and biotechnology associations\u2014asked for additional participation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the Biden Administration\u2019s SAF Grand Challenge. Announced by the White House last September, the SAF Grand Challenge aims for 3 billion gallons of domestically produced SAF by the year 2030, up from current U.S. annual production of approximately 4.5 million gallons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday, the aviation industry stands united in calling for\nsound regulatory and legislative policies that will foster increased production\nof SAF\u2014a cleaner, more sustainable, drop-in fuel that is crucial to meeting our\nindustry\u2019s goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The broad range of\nstakeholders who came together on this letter demonstrates the importance of\nSAF to all sectors of aviation, as well as the necessity of removing regulatory\nroadblocks that stand in the way of increased production,\u201d stated Karen\nHuggard, NATA\u2019s Managing Director of Legislative Affairs and Industry\nRelations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter highlighted five simple fixes to an annual rule\ncurrently under review by the EPA. \u201cUnder the Grand Challenge, the EPA has\npledged to take \u2018steps designed to expedite the regulatory approval process to\nsupport newly developed fuels and feedstocks that may be viable for inclusion\nas able to generate Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) under renewable\nfuel in the Federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program,\u2019\u201d the letter notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a first step in this process, it is imperative that the\nEPA finalize the \u2018biointermediate\u2019 provisions contained in the RFS annual rule\nwith simple fixes that would dramatically improve the opportunity to achieve\nthe Administration\u2019s 2030 Grand Challenge goal of 3 billion gallons of SAF.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter called for five modifications to the\nbiointermediate proposal that enjoy broad industry support and would positively\nimpact the scale-up of SAF:<\/p>\n\n\n\n