D.C. Circuit Halts RFS Waivers Suit, Shifting Focus To 10th Circuit Case

February 22, 2021
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has granted a request from EPA and biofuels groups to halt litigation filed by renewable fuel producers over three Trump-era renewable fuel standard (RFS) compliance waivers issued to refineries, shifting focus to a related 10th Circuit legal battle over RFS exemptions. In a Feb. 20 per curiam order in Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) v. EPA , D.C. Circuit Judges Patricia Millett and David Tatel grant the abeyance requests,...


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