Appeals court says EPA too harsh in evaluating Sinclair Oil’s RFS waiver request

In Colorado, an appeals court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency was too harsh in its evaluation of Sinclair Oil’s waiver request from RIN compliance. Though the agency granted 29 requests between 2013 and 2016, it denied Sinclair’s request saying that its two Wyoming plants would not be put out of business by complying with the Renewable Fuel Standard as they were profitable. The request has been booted back to the EPA by the court for another evaluation.