Refiners Split Over RFS Plan, But Agree On Push To Drop Import Limits

The refining industry is split over EPA’s proposed increase in biofuel blending targets under the renewable fuel standard (RFS), with large companies that produce their own biofuels supporting larger volumes and smaller refiners resisting them, but the overall sector is unified in claiming that planned import restrictions are harmful. In Aug. 8 comments, the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM), with a broad membership including small refiners, says the planned RFS volume mandates are unreasonably costly and conflict with the...