Refiners ask D.C. Circuit to force EPA review of RFS 'obligation point'

A coalition of refiners is pressing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to force the agency to review and potentially shift the renewable fuel standard's (RFS) compliance “obligation point” from refiners to biofuel blenders, after the Trump administration last fall denied their petitions to change the mandate. In an April 27 opening brief filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Alon Refining Krotz Springs, et al. v. EPA...