{"abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a public hearing to be held in Chicago, Illinois on December 6, 2016, on its proposal for the \"Renewables Enhancement and Growth Support (REGS) Rule.\" The public can view the proposal at https://www.epa.gov/ renewable-fuel-standard-program/proposed-renewables-enhancement-and- growth-support-regs-rule. Comments submitted at the public hearing will contribute to the REGS Rule proposal that the EPA will publish at a later date in the Federal Register.","action":"Announcement of public hearing.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2016/11/10/2016-26965.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":79,"title":40},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":80,"title":40}],"citation":"81 FR 78966","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"The public hearing will be held on December 6, 2016, at the location noted below under ADDRESSES. The hearing will begin at 9:00 a.m. Central Standard Time and end when all parties present who wish to speak have had an opportunity to do so. Parties wishing to testify at the hearing should notify the contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by November 22, 2016. Additional information regarding the hearing appears below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0041","FRL-9955-04-OAR"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2016-26965","effective_on":null,"end_page":78966,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2016/11/10/2016-26965.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/11/10/2016-26965/public-hearing-for-the-renewables-enhancement-and-growth-support-rule","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2016-26965?publication_date=2016-11-10","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2016-11-10/2016-26965/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":1,"page_views":{"count":311,"last_updated":"2026-04-04 12:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-11-10/pdf/2016-26965.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-26965.pdf?1478699121","publication_date":"2016-11-10","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2016/11/10/2016-26965.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"2060-AS66":{"issue":"201910","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/2060-AS66/renewables-enhancement-and-growth-support-rule","title":"Renewables Enhancement and Growth Support Rule","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201910&RIN=2060-AS66&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Other Significant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["2060-AS66"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"REGS Public Hearing Transcript","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0041-0209"},{"title":"Utilization Opportunities and Economics - Hybrid Poplar Best Management Practices","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0041-0062"},{"title":"Technoeconomic Modeling to Support the EPA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0041-0059"},{"title":"Soil Carbon Sequestration Beneath Hybrid Poplar Plantations in North Central United States","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0041-0056"},{"title":"Short-Rotation Woody Crops for Bioenergy and Biofuels Applications","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0041-0055"},{"title":"Fact Sheet - Willow Bioenergy in New York State","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0041-0048"},{"title":"Assessing Environmental Impacts of Short Rotation Coppice (SRC) Expansion Model Definition and Preliminary Results","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0041-0044"},{"title":"Toxicological Review of Benzene (Noncancer Effects)","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0041-0040"},{"title":"The Effects of Ultra-Low Sulfur Gasoline on Emissions from Tier 2 Vehicles in the In-Use Fleet","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0041-0039"},{"title":"EPA Letter  Gasoline Ethanol Blends","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0041-0033"}],"regulatory_plan":{"html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/2060-AS66/renewables-enhancement-and-growth-support-rule","title":"Renewables Enhancement and Growth Support Rule"},"comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0041","supporting_documents_count":66,"docket_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0041","regulation_id_number":"2060-AS66","title":"Renewables Enhancement and Growth Support Rule","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2016-11-30T06:00:17Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":true,"signing_date":null,"start_page":78966,"subtype":null,"title":"Public Hearing for the Renewables Enhancement and Growth Support Rule","toc_doc":"Public Hearing","toc_subject":"Renewables Enhancement and Growth Support Rule:","topics":[],"type":"Proposed Rule","volume":81}