D.C. Circuit Slated To Hear Case Over Extended RFS Compliance Deadlines

A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is poised to hear oral argument in refiners’ lawsuit targeting EPA’s extended timetable for complying with renewable fuel standard (RFS) mandates, a measure ostensibly designed to help refiners that has nonetheless resulted in unachievable, “dystopian” deadlines, they say. Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan, Circuit Judge Nina Pillard and Senior Circuit Judge A. Raymond Randolph will hear arguments in the case, Wynnewood Refining Company, LLC, et al. v....