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Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel Feedstocks
The Energy and Environmental Policy Office published this final rule in the Federal Register on June 29, 2026. It took effect on July 29, 2026.
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What the agency says
This final rule revises technical guidelines for quantifying, reporting, and verifying the carbon intensity of agricultural commodity crops used in the production of biofuels relative to an estimated national average that were established by a prior January 2025 interim rule. Specifically, the January 2025 interim rule established guidelines for the implementation, reporting, verification, and quantification of carbon intensity (CI) of certain agricultural commodities at the field-scale. This final rule makes revisions to the January 2025 interim rule that were requested by commenters or that are otherwise necessary because of intervening Executive action. The revised guidelines articulate an approach for farm producers to quantify the change in net emissions associated with crops produced using one or more authorized practices. The revised guidelines also articulate a framework for how information regarding emissions, resulting from the production of biofuel feedstock commodity crops, could be reported and tracked throughout the supply chain.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-13092
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Agriculture Department; Energy and Environmental Policy Office
- Published
- June 29, 2026
- Takes effect
- July 29, 2026
- Dates
- Effective date: July 29, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket No. USDA-2024-0003
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0503-AA82
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 7 CFR 2100
- Topics
- Agriculture; Alternative fuel; Environmental protection; Fuel economy; Greenhouse gases; Natural resources; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 27
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