The dictionary defines a deadline as “the latest time or date by which something should be completed.” The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency obviously defines it another way, at least when it comes to renewable fuels.

On August 22, 2014, the EPA sent its proposed rule setting the 2014 volumes for the amount of renewable fuels (i.e. ethanol and biodiesel) to be blended into the nation’s fuel supply to the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Intergovernmental and Regulatory Affairs for a final interagency review. OIRA has between 30 and 90 days to review that rule before it is published in the Federal Register and made final and binding.