Colorado Threatens Suit After EPA Denies Reformulated Gasoline Waiver

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) is threatening legal action against EPA, after Administrator Michael Regan denied the Denver area a precedent-setting waiver from a Clean Air Act requirement to use reformulated gasoline (RFG) in areas with high ozone and claimed RFG would cost consumers in the state only three cents per gallon extra. “Gov. Polis has been clear that he will pursue all legal strategies to avoid this outdated and ineffective requirement for reformulated gasoline,” a spokesman told the Colorado...