D.C. Circuit Weighs EPA Defense Of RFS Schedule After Denying Parallel Suit

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is considering EPA’s newly filed defense of its “alternative” renewable fuel standard (RFS) compliance schedule for small refiners, which the sector says is unlawfully “compressed,” but it remains to be seen how a new D.C. Circuit ruling upholding another modified RFS schedule will affect the case. The agency filed a July 17 brief with the appellate court defending its alternative schedule for small refiners to supply RFS compliance credits,...