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2.2 nerfed this considerably - the data transfer missions are harder to get and the biowaste/hydrogen fuel courier missions give less than 20% of their prior rewards. That said, it's still pretty quick to get fed rank - New Dawn Station in Ceos gives the best missions, my advice is buy a stock Cobra Mk. III from there and do runs between Sothis (Sothis Mining and Newholm Station) and Ceos. You might still be able to get up to 10-15m cr with a large ship on the return journey to the main bubble with the courier missions, but nowhere near the 75m you could earn pre-2.2. 

Tl;Dr:

Still good for Fed rank grind, but don't bother with the biowaste/hydrogen fuel missions.