Small Refiners Sue EPA Seeking To Overturn Rejections Of RFS Waivers

June 29, 2016
Small refiners are suing EPA over the agency's refusal to grant them their waivers from compliance with the renewable fuel standard (RFS), challenging EPA's conclusion that the companies lacked the "disproportionate economic hardship" necessary to exempt them from the RFS' fuel blending mandates for their refineries. At least two refining companies have filed suit in federal appeals courts over the denials, and at least one refiner in prior years has had some success in convincing judges to find fault with...


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