Senators reintroduce bipartisan RFS waivers transparency bill

Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Deb Fischer (R-NE) have reintroduced draft legislation that would force EPA to disclose more information about small refiners’ petitions for compliance exemptions from the renewable fuel standard (RFS), a companion bill to a House measure introduced in February. The senators on May 24 introduced S. 1792, a bill that would require small refineries to petition for RFS economic hardship exemptions by June 1 of each compliance year. “This change would ensure that EPA properly accounts...