Under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard, Congress has directed EPA to exclude crops “harvested from land cleared or cultivated” after December 19, 2007 from its definition of “renewable biomass.” This would tend to encourage land conservation. However, EPA regulations have interpreted this requirement to deem all producers compliant with the standard as long as the net land area used for agriculture in the United States does not exceed its 2007 level of 402 million acres. LPDD notes that this regulation renders the intent of Congress’ standard meaningless, and should be reversed.