What role the USDA has undertaken in the past several months to alter the renewable fuels mandate that would lead to increased costs for American families
IER Files Second RFS Related FOIA Request with the USDA
WASHINGTON DC --The Institute for Energy Research (IER) announced it has filed a second open records request with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to compel the release of certain documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) related to the agency's involvement in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) regulatory process.
IER maintains that the USDA has no statutory authority or involvement in the RFS, and authority over the program resides with the Environmental Protection Agency with an advisory role for the Department of Energy. Nonetheless, public records and news reports demonstrate USDA officials have in fact sought to influence administration RFS policy. Such efforts on the part of USDA are a matter of grave public concern.
