Novel Suit Claims EPA's 2014 RFS Delay Implements Proposed Fuel Targets

A biofuels manufacturer is pursuing a novel lawsuit claiming that EPA's announcement that it is delaying final 2014 renewable fuel standard (RFS) fuel production targets until 2015 effectively implements the contested proposed version of the 2014 RFS goals, which the company criticized for floating lower renewable fuel production targets. The litigation , filed Jan. 15 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, claims that EPA's Dec. 9 Federal Register notice announcing the indefinite delay of...