EPA Extends Small Refiners’ RFS Deadlines, Amid Criticism From All Sides

EPA has again extended deadlines for small refineries to comply with renewable fuel standard (RFS) biofuel blending mandates, but refiners are greeting the extension with skepticism, saying it fails to address their problems, while biofuels groups say the additional extension is unwarranted and undermines the RFS program. In a final rule scheduled for publication in the Federal Register Sept. 2, EPA gives small refineries -- those processing up to 75,000 barrels of crude oil daily -- an alternative schedule...