EPA Backs Small Refiner’s Bid To Stay RFS Biofuel Blending Obligation

EPA will not oppose a small refiner’s motion to stay its renewable fuel standard (RFS) biofuel blending obligation for 2023 pending the resolution of the company’s suit against a Biden-era decision denying it a waiver from RFS mandates, a potentially precedent-setting move that could spur other refiners to seek similar relief. Refiner Wynnewood on Jan. 29 sued EPA in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, contesting the agency’s denial of small refinery waiver from its 2023 RFS...