D.C. Circuit Scraps More RFS Waiver Denials As Summer E15 Approval Fails

In twin blows for biofuel producers, an appeals court has vacated EPA’s 2023 denials of small refiners’ compliance waivers from the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) -- a move the agency did not oppose -- just days after Congress stripped a long-sought year-round authorization of 15 percent ethanol fuel (E15) from spending legislation at the last minute. In a Dec. 23 per curiam order , the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected EPA’s Oct. 21...