RFS Waivers Ruling Highlights Venue Fights Over States’ Air Quality Plans

The recent regional appeals court ruling scrapping EPA’s denial of renewable fuel standard (RFS) compliance waivers points toward continued troubles for the agency in its efforts to centralize litigation over its decisions denying states’ interstate air plans, as venue fights continue in courts around the country and federal interstate policy stalls. In a Nov. 22 ruling , a split panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit vacated and remanded EPA’s decisions denying the petitions of several...