IL Corn Supports Congressional Efforts for SAF Tax Credit Without Conservation Mandates

August 1, 2024

Seven members of Illinois’s congressional delegation sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Treasury, requesting the prompt finalization of the Inflation Reduction Act’s 45Z sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) tax credit.

 

The correspondence requests the administration require domestically produced feedstocks for SAF production, not mandate farmers to bundle conservation practices, and use the Argonne GREET model without recent alterations. The letter was signed by Senators Durbin (D-IL.) and Duckworth (D-IL), and Representatives Eric Sorensen (IL-17), Nikki Budzinski (IL- 13), Darrin LaHood (IL-16), Robin Kelly (IL-2), Mike Bost (IL-12).

 

“The 45Z credit should be leveraged to provide a forward looking, technology-neutral market signal to increase our country’s production capacity for low-carbon, domestic renewable fuels and for existing biofuel production to invest in decarbonization,” the letter said.

 

“We appreciate our Congressmen’s efforts to ensure Illinois farmers can increase demand by participating in the SAF market,” IL Corn Growers Association President Dave Rylander said. “Our country deserves an American grown, low-carbon feedstock like corn to decarbonize the aviation sector.”

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