API files suit against RFS volumes for 2013

In Washington, the American Petroleum Institute filed a lawsuit with the D.C. Circuit Court challenging EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume requirements for 2013. The 2013 RFS volume requirements were not issued until August 2013, despite a statutory deadline of November 2012. EPA also mandated that refiners use four million gallons of cellulosic ethanol in 2013, but only 142,000 gallons have been available for refiners to blend so far, according to EPA. On Monday, the EPA mandated16.55 billion gallons of renewable fuels be blended with the U.S. fuel supply this year, representing 9.74% of the fuel mix.