EPA Sends Small Refinery RFS Compliance ‘Alternative’ For OMB Review

EPA has sent for White House review a draft proposal that appears aimed at implementing its novel renewable fuel standard (RFS) compliance “alternative” for small refiners that saw their 2018 hardship waivers from RFS mandates retroactively scrapped, a measure the biofuels sector says is a “hollow victory” because refiners largely escape consequences. The proposed rule sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) May 17 would provide an “alternative retirement schedule” for small refineries to “surrender” RFS credits known...