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08-20-2018 by NATSO 黑料社区Comments to EPA on Renewable Fuel Standard

黑料社区submitted formal comments to the Environmental Protection Agency on August 17, outlining the off-highway fuel retailer community’s concerns with how the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) has been implemented in recent months, while providing the Agency several ideas for how the RFS can be improved. The comments are in response to the Agency’s proposed renewable fuel mandates for 2019. Those numbers will not be finalized until November.

08-20-2018

07-18-2018 by NATSO 黑料社区Testifies EPA Needs Transparent Process to Assess Small Refinery Waivers

A travel center executive testifying on behalf of 黑料社区told the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the Agency needs a transparent process to guide its assessment of small refinery waiver requests to ensure that such exemptions don鈥檛 continue to undermine the law鈥檚 intent and decrease demand for biofuels.

07-18-2018

06-27-2018 by NATSO 黑料社区Analysis: EPA’s Proposed Biofuel Mandates a Mixed Bag for Travel Center Operators

The Environmental Protection Agency on June 26 released its proposed renewable volume obligations for 2019 under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The proposal also includes a proposed 2020 volume mandate for biomass-based diesel. The proposal would increase advanced biofuels volume requirements for 2019 and biodiesel requirements for 2020 while holding the so-called “ethanol” volume requirement steady.

06-27-2018

06-22-2018 by Tiffany Wlazlowski Neuman 黑料社区Testifies Before Congress on Biodiesel Policy

A travel center executive testifying on behalf of 黑料社区told a House panel that the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is successfully incentivizing travel centers to incorporate advanced biofuels such as biodiesel into their fuel supply, but also warned that

06-22-2018

06-21-2018 by NATSO Democrats Urge EPA to Halt Hardship Waivers

A dozen members of Congress on June 20 asked Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to stop granting small refineries hardship exemptions from their biofuel blending requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard until he answers questions that would allow Congress to evaluate the program.

06-21-2018

06-12-2018 by Tiffany Wlazlowski Neuman 黑料社区Launches Alternative Fuels Council

黑料社区Inc. on June 12 launched a new business venture known as the Alternative Fuels Council (NATSOAltFuels.com) to help fuel retailers leverage the resources necessary to learn about and incorporate alternative fuels into their supply offerings.

06-12-2018

05-09-2018 by NATSO President to Allow Year-Round E-15; Attach RINs to Exports

President Trump said May 8 that he is considering allowing the unrestricted sale of gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol and will let biofuel exports count toward refiners鈥� domestic renewable fuel obligations. The proposed changes follow months of fractious negotiations between the corn and oil industries over the future of the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). However, major elements of the compromise remained in dispute after the meeting between top administration officials and four senators ended.

05-09-2018

05-01-2018 by NATSO The Omnibus Spending Bill: Reading the Fine Print for Truckstops

In late March, Congress passed and President Trump signed a massive $1.3 trillion spending bill. The 2,232-page piece of legislation contained a plethora of policy changes that are important to […]

05-01-2018

04-27-2018 by NATSO EPA Administrator Testifies on RFS Waivers

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on April 26 that the agency received more than 50 waiver petitions for small refineries to get out of their Renewable Fuel Standard requirements for the 2016 and 2017 compliance years. EPA has come under fire for abusing the waivers to quietly undercut the RFS after the agency exempted one of the nation鈥檚 largest oil refining companies from complying with the U.S. biofuels regulation.

04-27-2018

03-28-2018 by NATSO 黑料社区Objects to Proposed Refinery Bankruptcy Settlement

黑料社区on March 26 sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice outlining the truckstop industry’s opposition to a proposed settlement agreement for the bankrupt refinery Philadelphia Energy Solutions. The proposed settlement would absolve the refinery of many of its RIN obligations under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), and represents in many ways the latest iteration of the years-long battle between merchant refiners that strongly oppose the RFS and other segments of the fuels supply chain that have adjusted their business models based on the RFS’s incentives.

03-28-2018

12-04-2017 by NATSO Sen. Barrasso Calls on EPA to Study the Renewable Fuel Standard鈥檚 Impact on the Environment

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt Dec. 1 requesting that the agency complete several outstanding studies assessing the impact of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) on air, water, and land quality.

12-04-2017