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Newtrient appreciates the opportunity to comment on the proposed
amendments to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). Newtrient was
founded by leading milk cooperatives and organizations,
representing 20,000 dairy farmers producing approximately half of
the nation's milk supply. 

Newtrient applauds the leadership the California Air Resources
Board (CARB) is taking on climate change and appreciates being a
part of this important dialogue surrounding potential changes to
the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). The dairy industry has
answered the call to action and is embracing environmental
responsibility - from family farms in California, to farms across
America. By installing and utilizing biogas systems, farms are
offering practical solutions to the challenges CARB seeks to
address.

Two programs directed by the California Department of Food and
Agriculture (CDFA) have been particularly vital to the progress
California has made. According to the 2023 CARB Mid-Year Data
Update report on the cumulative progress of the California Climate
Investments Program (CCIP), the Dairy Digester Research and
Development Program (DDRDP) and the Alternative Manure Management
Program (AMMP) have received a total of $309.1 million in funding
and have reduced 23.2 million MTCO2e. The funding for these
programs represents 1.86% of the California Climate Investments
program as of May 31, 2023, but the GHG reductions from these two
programs represent 23.69% of the total for all California Climate
Investments programs .

In December of 2022, researchers at UC Davis published the study,
Meeting the Call: How California is Pioneering a Pathway to
Significant Dairy Sector Methane Reduction in which they stated
"...analysis shows that continued implementation and commitment to
the incentive-based climate smart solutions that are currently
driving voluntary dairy methane reduction in California should, by
2030, achieve the full 40 percent reduction in dairy methane sought
by state regulators without the need for direct regulation." 

With our support of CARB and the LCFS in mind, Newtrient would like
to offer the attached Comments on the proposed amendments to the
Low Carbon Fuel Standard.