D.C. Circuit Upholds Short RFS Compliance Timeline Against Refiners’ Suit

A federal appeals court has rejected refiners’ challenge to EPA’s accelerated compliance schedule for their renewable fuel standard (RFS) biofuel blending mandates, holding that the truncated timeline is lawful under the Clean Air Act and requiring the sector to purchase RFS compliance credits without the program’s usual 13-month lead time. A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dismissed the refiners’ suit, Wynnewood Refining Company, LLC, et al. v. EPA , in...