The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been granted permission to extend by one week the court-ordered consent decree deadline to issue the final “Set” 2023-2025 Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Instead of June 14, EPA will now be required to finalize the rule by June 21, 2023.

The consent decree agreement was made between EPA and Growth Energy last year to propose and finalize the RVOs by a set deadline to avoid delays that impact the industry’s ability to comply. According to the EPA notice to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Tuesday, “Based on the parties’ discussions and mutual understandings, the parties so stipulate with the understanding that EPA will not seek a further extension of any deadline established by the decree.”