RFS Plan Spurs Worry Over Waivers, Splits Over Reduced Import Credit

EPA’s plan to boost biofuel blending under the renewable fuel standard (RFS), while welcomed by biofuel producers, is also spurring worry about how many compliance waivers the agency will grant to small refiners that remain strongly opposed to the proposal, as well as splits among industry regarding provisions to curb imported fuels. At a virtual public hearing July 8, biofuels groups praised the plan to sustain corn ethanol volumes at the current level and to substantially increase the volume for...