Refiners Challenge RFS Small Refinery Alternative-Compliance Schedule

Refiners are filing suit against EPA’s “alternative” schedule for small refineries to turn in credits for renewable fuel standard (RFS) compliance, in litigation that will likely allege the extended schedule merely further complicates an already delayed and complex situation that occurred because of EPA’s failure to issue RFS volume mandates on time. The San Antonio Refinery LLC and Countrymark Refining and Logistics LLC filed suit Oct. 28 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, without...