Despite Mass Denials, EPA Insists Refineries Can Still Win RFS Waivers

EPA is arguing that despite its mass denials of all recent petitions from small refineries for renewable fuel standard (RFS) compliance waivers, refiners can still in theory secure such waivers, one of several arguments the agency is advancing to defeat litigation targeting the waiver denials. In a redacted Oct. 11 brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit case Sinclair Wyoming Refining, LLC, v. EPA , the agency rejects assertions that its current policy...