5th Circuit Rejects Calls To Rehear Ruling Scrapping RFS Waiver Denials

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has rejected biofuel producers’ petitions for rehearing of a key ruling that scrapped EPA’s denials of renewable fuel standard (RFS) compliance waivers for small refineries based on the Gulf Coast, setting the stage for a potential circuit split with the D.C. Circuit that is weighing a similar case. In a Jan. 22 order , the court denies requests for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc of its split Nov. 22...