Refiners drop suit over RFS compliance schedule

Small refiners have abandoned their lawsuit against EPA’s revised timeline for compliance with renewable fuel standard (RFS) biofuel blending volumes, following their loss in a closely related case that addressed many of the same arguments over the allegedly compressed compliance schedule as applied to a broader group of facilities. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Aug. 24 granted refiners’ brief Aug. 17 voluntary motion for dismissal in The San Antonio Refinery, LLC, et al. v....