Appeals court ruling hands a major victory to biofuels stakeholders, casting doubt on the legal underpinnings of EPA鈥檚 rationale for increasing the number of small refinery exemptions and adding a new wrinkle of uncertainty to an already-volatile Renewable Fuel Standard program.
01-27-2020 黑料社区on Oct. 19 filed comments with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in response to the agency’s request for input on reducing renewable fuel mandates. Specifically, EPA has suggested that it is considering reducing annual renewable volume obligations (RVOs) by tying them to domestic renewable fuel production capacity, rather than the market’s ability to consume renewable fuel. NATSO, in its comments, told EPA that this policy shift would undercut the purpose of the RFS and ultimately lead to higher fuel prices for consumers.
10-20-2017 In comments filed with the Environmental Protection Agency on February 22, 黑料社区urged EPA not to shift the compliance requirements downstream from the refinery to the terminal rack. Many merchant refiners have urged EPA to require wholesalers and retailers to purchase RINs under the RFS. 黑料社区has strongly opposed this effort.
02-23-2017 For more than a decade, the federal government has had a program in place that savvy fuel retailers can take advantage of to sell fuel at a lower price and […]
06-30-2016 Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on June 16 introduced legislation that seeks to repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
06-19-2015 The Environmental Protection Agency on May 29 issued a proposed rule for the volumetric requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for 2014 through 2016. The EPA also released a 2017 proposed standard for biomass-based diesel.
05-29-2015 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced March 10 that it has settled a lawsuit with the American Petroleum Institute and the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers over its failure to issue volume requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard and agreed to set 2014 and 2015 mandates by Nov. 30.
04-10-2015 A bipartisan group of 32 U.S. Senators wrote to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Feb. 9 urging the agency to quickly to approve strong biodiesel volumes under the Renewable Fuel Standard for 2014, 2015, and 2016.
02-12-2015 The Environmental Protection Agency announced Nov. 21 that it will not finalize a 2014 rule for the Renewable Fuel Standard, citing the significant number of public comments and an inability to finalize the standards before the end of the year.
11-21-2014 Increasing the biodiesel mandate under the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard would be illegal under the Clean Air Act the American Petroleum Institute (API) recently told the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), according to Platts.
10-03-2014 Environmental Protection Agency Chief Gina McCarthy said the volumetric requirements for the final Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) may end up higher than the proposal issued last year amid climbing gasoline use, Bloomberg has reported.
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