53 - The number of refinery waivers EPA granted for the 2016 and 2017 compliance years since early 2018.
39 – The number of refinery exemptions EPA Administrator Wheeler has pending for 2018.
9.4 percent -- The percent of the 2017 RFS ethanol volume waived through SREs.
636 million – The difference in the amount of corn bushels needed to meet the RFS volume EPA set for 2017 and the amount needed to meet the effective volume after the waivers.
8 – Highest number of refinery exemption petitions granted annually between 2013 and 2015.
105 million – USDA’s projected decline in bushels of corn used to produce ethanol in the 18/19 marketing year compared to the 17/18 marketing year.
13-year low – Ethanol prices dropped in order to maintain markets.
10.07 percent – The 2018 ethanol blend rate, a decline from 2017 blending because waivers destroy demand for higher ethanol blends.
9.5 percent - In April of 2018, the monthly ethanol blend rate hit a five-year low after news of the waivers.
15 billion – The implied ethanol volume gallons as set by the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and that the law obligates EPA to ensure are met.
790 million – The number of ethanol-equivalent gallons waived in compliance year 2016.
1.82 billion – Ethanol-equivalent gallons waived in compliance year 2017.
2.5 billion – The number of gallons biodiesel demand has been reduced in 3 years due to waivers.
600 million – That’s how many gallons of ethanol production capacity has been taken offline in recent months.
2 – Legal actions NCGA has joined to challenge EPA’s use of SREs and their failure to reallocate retroactive exemptions.
20 years – Number of consecutive years ethanol consumption has grown before it declined in 2018.
6 – The number of consecutive years farmers are dealing with a depressed income and lower commodity prices.
43 percent: Lower greenhouse gas emissions from ethanol compared to gasoline. Waivers increase emissions.
500 million – Gallons the EPA has yet to restore that the U.S. Court of Appeals found EPA improperly waived from 2016 volume requirements.
1 – The number of times year-over-year domestic ethanol use has declined in 20 years; this first-ever decline occurred in 2018 following EPA’s expanded use of waivers.
2.61 billion – Gallons that 2016 & 2017 RFS requirements have been reduced because of SRE’s.
6.8 percent – Decline in volume of aromatic hydrocarbons, the most harmful compounds in gasoline with high cancer-causing potential, due to increased ethanol blending.
$1.5 billion – 2017 profit for Andeavor, when three of the company’s 10 refineries received small refinery waivers.
27 – The number of states with ethanol biorefineries.
210 – The total number of ethanol biorefineries in the U.S.
16.1 – Billion gallons of ethanol produced in 2018.
365,883 – Direct and indirect jobs tied to the ethanol industry.
940 million gallons -- Decrease in domestic ethanol use between 2019-2022 in the Food and Agriculture Policy Research Center’s 2019 agriculture outlook baseline compared to FAPRI’s 2018 outlook.
$10 billion – The tax revenue generated from the ethanol industry for federal, state and local governments.
$0.50 – $1.50 – Consumer savings per gallon because ethanol costs less and keeps fuel prices steady.
$45 billion – How much the ethanol industry contributed to gross domestic product.
$24 billion – Added to household income because ethanol lowers gas prices and saves drivers money at the pump.
550 million – Barrels of oil displaced annually by blending ethanol.
5.575 billion - Bushels of corn used in 2018 for ethanol and DDG production.
0 – The number of refinery waivers / petitions that should be approved from the 2018 compliance year.
100% of corn growers disagree with refinery waivers and want EPA to take steps to keep the RFS whole when granting waivers
$19 billion - Exxon Mobil’s net income for 2017, the same year one of its refineries received a RFS small refinery hardship waiver.
$9.2 billion – Chevron’s net income in 2017, the same year one of its refineries received a RFS small refinery hardship waiver.
1 – The number of days it takes EPA to reverse course and stop granting waivers.
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