In Washington, Growth Energy this week filed two petitions for rehearing with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the Court’s 2023 decision on small refinery exemptions (SREs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The RFS allows small refiners to request exemptions from the program’s fuel blending obligations if they can demonstrate to the U.S. […]
In Washington, a coalition representing farmers and ethanol producers responded to last week’s decision of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals remanding to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency its rejection of six small refinery exemption requests. The following statement is from the Renewable Fuels Association, Growth Energy, American Coalition for Ethanol and National Farmers Union. […]
In Washington, Reuters reports U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled against the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision in July to reject nearly all of the pending small refinery exceptions for biofuel blending under the Renewable Fuels Act, saying the EPA’s decision was “impermissibly retroactive; contrary to law; and counter to the record […]
