In Setback For Refiners, EPA Fights High Court Review Of RFS Waiver Ruling

In a setback for refiners, EPA is opposing the industry’s request for the Supreme Court to review an appellate ruling that effectively precludes the agency’s issuance of renewable fuel standard (RFS) compliance waivers to small refining companies, saying that a lower court should first resolve a legal fight over the RFS waiver policy. The Department of Justice (DOJ) on EPA’s behalf in a Dec. 8 brief filed in the high court case Hollyfrontier Cheyenne, et al. v. Renewable Fuels Association...