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From: Whitfield, Peter [pwhitfield@sidley.com] ent: 3/6/2025 6:41:51 PM o: Dominguez, Alexander [dominguez.alexander@epa.gov ubject:RFS Compliance Deadline Issue Caution: This email originated from outside EPA, please exercise additional caution when deciding whether to open attachments or click on provided links. Alex, Just wanted to alert you to an issue a number of my clients are battling re: RFS compliance deadline. As you know, EPA issued a proposed rule to adjust the cellulosic volumes in December and indicated that the Mar. 31 compliance deadline would be extended. Since that proposed rule has not been finalized, a lot of clients are worrying about potential noncompliance if they do not retire RINs by Mar. 31 (and certain of them cannot use the deficit provision because they used it last year). Compounding the issue is that certain contractors/consultants are telling them they will be in violation and have to pay large penalties. If there are assurances your office can provide that the compliance deadline will be extended at some point that would be greatly appreciated, as my clients want to avoid purchasing and retiring RINs unnecessarily only to have to unretire and adjust their compliance in the future. Any help you can offer on this is greatly appreciated. Happy to discuss in more detail if needed. Thanks, Peter PETER WHITFIELD SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 1501 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 Cell 202.669.2160 (please use as primary contact) +1 202 736 8531 pwhitfield sidley.com www.sidley.com **************************************************************************************************** This e-mail is sent by a law firm and may contain information that is privileged or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete the e-mail and any attachments and notify us immediately. **************************************************************************************************** Sierra Club FOIA Request: 2025-EPA-04193 ED_018475D_00003098-00001 SC_FOIA_0001037