EPA Retroactively Denies Legacy RFS Waivers, Making More Denials Likely

EPA has retroactively scrapped 31 small refinery waivers that the Trump administration granted from renewable fuel standard (RFS) biofuel blending mandates, signaling that Biden officials are sticking to their view that denying the waivers does not harm refiners and pointing to the almost certain denial of 65 still-pending waiver petitions. In a final rule released April 7, EPA revokes small refinery exemptions (SREs) granted by the Trump administration from compliance with the 2018 RFS, completing a voluntary remand of the...