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January 4, 2013
A weekly look at sustainable bioenergy, farm, and forest policy issues
2012 Ends With Mostly Positive Bioenergy News from Congress and the EPA
Congress extended production tax credits for cellulosic biofuel and biodiesel producers, expanded the credit to algae-based biofuel producers, and agreed to allow the Defense Department to move ahead with its biofuel initiative. Biomass power producers also received a new boost from changes in the criteria for receiving renewable energy production tax credits in 2013, and the EPA modified its hazardous air pollution control rules in ways that will reduce compliance costs for most boiler operators that use biomass fuels. However, although Congress reauthorized rural energy programs for another nine months with a temporary extension of the Farm Bill, it provided no funding.
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