Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0542-0422
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2012-06-21T04:00Z

Date: June 5, 2012
MEMORANDUM
TO:		Air and Radiation Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0542
SUBJECT:	Meeting between Wilmar, VanNess Feldman and U.S. EPA

On June 5, 2012, representatives of Wilmar Oleo North America LLC, Wilmar International Limited and VanNess Feldman met with representatives of U.S. EPA OTAQ TCD met at EPA Headquarters in Washington, DC.  A complete list of attendees is below.  The meeting centered on discussion of EPA's recent NODA finding that biofuels from palm oil would not qualify as renewable fuels under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) program.  Wilmar/VanNess Feldman presented information about the emissions factor from drained peat soils and about land cover change in response to expansion of palm oil plantations.  They also discussed a possible "green palm" pathway that would allow biofuels from palm oil under the RFS2 program if they were produced with appropriate technology to reduce GHG emissions.

Attendees

Wilmar Oleo North America LLC
John K. Cummings		Vice President

Wilmar International Limited
Jeremy Goon			Group Head  -  CSR

VanNess Feldman
Janet M. Anderson		Senior Technology and Policy Advisor
Ben L. McMakin			Principal Managing Director, Governmental Issues
Tomás E. Carbonell		

U.S. EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ)
Paul Argyropoulos		Senior Policy Adviser
Benjamin Hengst		Associate Director, Transportation and Climate Division (TCD)
Sharyn Lie			Director, TCD, Climate Economics and Modeling Center
Robert Larson (video conference from Ann Arbor)
Vincent Camobreco
Angela Dickens			AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow