On November 30, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the final biofuel levels for 2014, 2015, and 2016. EPA is tasked to do this each November to set the levels for the next year’s mandated biofuels volumes, but has been behind the past several years. For 2014, EPA announced the mandated levels after the fact, i.e. after the biofuels have been blended with petroleum products and been consumed, and only after a lawsuit forced EPA to finalize the volumes. EPA’s required volumes for 2016 exceed the 10 percent blend wall, which could drive up fuel prices for American motorists.