Facing Court Order, EPA Denies Two More RFS Small Refinery Waivers

EPA has denied another two waiver requests from small refiners seeking compliance exemptions from renewable fuel standard (RFS) biofuel blending mandates, less than three weeks before the transition to a second Trump administration and after federal courts last year faulted the agency’s policy that resulted in the denial of all waivers. In decisions flagged on EPA’s website Jan. 2, EPA denies waivers for the 2023 compliance year sought by Wynnewood Refining Company and Calumet Montana Refining, acting under court orders...