• Develop the nation’s first comprehensive biofuel market development program, which shall use existing authorities and identify new policies to support the development of next-generation biofuels, increase flexible fuel vehicle use , and assist in retail marketing efforts;
• Coordinate infrastructure policies impacting the supply, secure transport, and distribution of biofuels; and
• Identify new policy options to promote the environmental sustainability of biofuels feedstock production, taking into consideration land use, habitat conservation, crop management practices, water efficiency and water quality, as well as lifecycle assessments of greenhouse gas emissions.
• In his directive, the President called on Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to:
Immediately begin restructuring existing investments in renewable fuels as needed to preserve industry employment; and