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Message From: Sent: To: CC: Subject: Wehrum, Bill [/0=EXCHANGELABS/0U=EXCHANGE ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=33D96AE800CF43A3911D94A7130B6C41-WEHRUM, WIL] 4/6/2018 10:15:43 PM steve.censky@osec.usda.gov Gunasekara, Mandy [/o=ExchangeLabs/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=53dla3caa8bb4ebab8a2d28ca59b6f45-Gunasekara,]; Beach, Allie - OSEC, Washington, DC [Allison.Beach@osec.usda.gov] RFS Information Hi Steve. In response to your request for information about small refinery exemptions, the numbers for the 2017 compliance year are not settled because several applications are still under consideration. For the 2016 compliance year, we received 20 petitions from small refineries. We granted exemptions for 19 of those, with a total exempted volume of 790 million gallons of renewable volume obligations. We denied 1 petition. Interestingly, D6 RIN prices during calendar 2017 ranged from about $0.40 to about $1.00, which is a good bit above transactional costs (which we think is in the neighborhood of 2 or 3 cents). Bill Wehrum Assistant Administrator Office of Air and Radiation U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (202) 564-7404 Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 13 ED 002061E 00051923-00001