Oil Industry Seeks Delay In Clean-Diesel Rule To Ease Delivery Snags

Oil industry officials are urging EPA to delay by as much as one year the agency's upcoming low-sulfur diesel standard, calling on the agency to temporarily raise allowable sulfur levels several parts per million (ppm) higher than EPA's 15 ppm standard, according to sources tracking the issue. Several industry groups, including the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA), recently sent a list of options to EPA for granting such regulatory flexibility, including putting off...