EPA Seeks To Dismiss Small Refiners’ Lawsuits Over Denied RFS Waivers

EPA is urging a federal appeals court to dismiss some small refiners’ lawsuits over the agency’s denials of renewable fuel standard (RFS) compliance waivers, arguing the refiners are unlawfully seeking to reopen a 2014 rule to litigation, while biofuels groups are fighting for the right to intervene in the proceedings. In cases being consolidated under REH Company, LLC v. EPA , in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, small refiners are challenging EPA’s denial of...