Low Carbon Fuel Standard Program

This page last reviewed December 30, 2011

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This page provides information regarding ARB's Low Carbon Fuel Standard Program pursuant to the California Assembly Bill AB 32 and the Governor's Executive Order S-01-07.

What's New

• December 30, 2011: Release of LCFS Supplemental Regulatory Advisory 10-04B
• December 8, 2011: Final Program Review Report 
• November 28, 2011: Air Quality Guidance for Siting Biorefineries in California
• November 1, 2011: LCFS Reporting Tool Data Summary Spreadsheet
• October 26, 2011:  Release of the proposed 2011 amendments Public Hearing Notice and Staff Report posted on LCFS 2011 Formal Rulemaking Documents webpage.
• October 14, 2011:  Third LCFS Regulatory Amendments Workshop
• October 7, 2011: Advisory Panel draft chapters posted
• October 4, 2011:  Biodiesel Guidance
• September 29, 2011:  Second Public Update for the LCFS Advisory Panel
• September 14, 2011:  LCFS Workshop to discuss land use change carbon intensity values
• August 25 & 26, 2011: Fourth LCFS Advisory Panel Meeting
• July 11, 2011: LCFS Electricity Workgroup meeting.  For more information contact Carolyn Lozo at (916) 445-1104
• July 1, 2011: Release of LCFS Supplemental Regulatory Advisory 10-04A
• June 10, 2011: Release of LCFS Guidance Document Version 1.0
• February 24, 2011: The Executive Officer of the California Air Resources Board will conduct a public hearing to consider amendments to the Carbon Intensity Lookup Tables in the Low Carbon Fuel Standard regulation.  For more information...
• December 16, 2010: Resolution 10-49 from the Board hearing on Nov. 18, 2010.
• November 10, 2010: Public Release of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard Reporting Tool for Official Reporting.  The LCFS RT Production v.2.0 is now accessibile.
• May 24, 2010: Low Carbon Fuel Standard Update Memo (PDF) providing an update to the Board on LCFS activities, including the Expert Workgroup, pathways guidelines, and sustainability workplan.

	Rulemaking Activities		Method 2A-2B for Modified or New Fuel Pathways
	Proposed 2011 Regulatory Amendments Proposed changes to the LCFS Lookup Tables, as of Feb 24, 2011 Public Hearing on February 24, 2011 LCFS Lookup Tables as of December 2009 Final Statement of Reason (FSOR) Initial Statement of Reason (ISOR) Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 Clean Final Regulation Order Part 1 and 2 Combined Resolution 09-31 Rulemaking documents		Method 2A-2B Guidance Method 2A-2B Applications  Fuel Pathways Documents
	LCFS Workgroups		LCFS Reporting Tool
	LCFS Expert Workgroup LCFS Program Review Advisory Panel LCFS Lifecyle Analysis LCFS Reporting Tool Workgroup Sustainability Workgroup High Carbon Intensity Crude Oil Workgroup		LCFS Reporting Tool Biofuel Facility Registration Carbon Intensities from Registered Biofuel Facilities Data Summary Spreadsheet LCFS Regulatory Advisories Biodiesel Guidance Advisory 10-04B Advisory 10-04A Advisory 10-04 Advisory 10-03 Advisory 10-02
	Background Information, Meetings, Documents, and Links		Public Comments
	Background Information Guidance Document Version 1.0 Workshops/Meetings Peer Review		Expert Workgroup Lifecycle Analysis - Fuel Pathways High Carbon Intensity Crude Oil Methods 2A-2B Reporting Tool Rulemaking Biorefinery Registration Sustainability Workshops
	Computation Modeling Softwares		Affected Transportation Fuels
	Lifecycle Analysis (CA-GREET) as of December 2009 Land Use Change Assessment (GTAP) Other Model		California Reformulated Gasoline (CaRFG) California Diesel (ULSD) Alternative Fuels Programs Biodiesel - Renewable Diesel CNG - LNG E85 Hydrogen and Electricity