The Administration has requested an extension from the U.S. Supreme Court to respond to a petition from oil refiners concerning obligations to blend ethanol into gasoline.  The courts have imposed a deadline of November 12th to rule on whether waivers will be extended to refiners against the demands of the biofuels industry.  The court has yet to rule whether the deadline will be extended to December 14th. 

At present there are no decision on exemptions for the 21019 compliance year and the biofuel blending mandates under the RFS have yet to be determined for the coming year with a November 30th deadline.