EPA Rejects GAO’s Calls On RFS Refinery Waivers, Intensifying Battle

EPA is rejecting calls from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to revise its policy declining all requests from small refiners for renewable fuel standard (RFS) compliance waivers, saying GAO’s analysis is “fundamentally flawed” and indicating it will maintain its current policy that is strongly opposed by refiners and their allies in Congress. GAO in a Nov. 3 report finds that EPA cannot justify its central contention that small refiners “pass through” their RFS compliance costs to customers and are hence...