SD Corn Comments
In South Dakota Corn Comments, South Dakota Corn Utilization Council director Jay Esser, Redfield, talks about recent refinery exemptions. Click here.
Articles tagged under: small refinery waivers
14 Small Refinery Exemptions Approved
The EPA has approved 14 requests for small refinery waivers, exempting these companies from the biofuel blending mandates. Two requests were denied. The agency now has 15 small refinery exemptions pending. The biofuel industry generally opposes these waivers from the…
Refiners Waived From Biofuel-Blending Requirement
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced its decision on small refinery exemptions. Out of 175 petitions, the EPA granted full exemptions to 63 and partial exemptions to 77 refiners. Twenty-eight petitions were denied and seven were determined to be ineligible.…
Additional Actions from the EPA
In addition to releasing the final 2022 Renewable Volume Obligations, the Environmental Protection Agency is taking additional actions support the Renewable Fuel Standard. EPA is denying nearly 70 small refinery exemption waivers. The agency is also on track to finalize…
Ag Groups Oppose EPA’s Remand Motion
A coalition of biofuel groups has voiced its opposition to EPA’s motion to remand, but not vacate the 31 small refinery waivers granted by the Trump Administration in 2019. This coalition wants EPA to reconsider these small refinery exemptions, but…
RFS Case Goes to the Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court will review the use of small refinery waiver exemptions under the Renewable Fuel Standard on Tuesday. Oral arguments will be presented by the EPA, the biofuels industry and oil refiners. Agriculture groups have argued the small…
EPA Nomination on Hold
A vote on the nomination of Douglas Benevento as EPA’s deputy administrator is on hold. Iowa Senator Joni Ernst said she will oppose the nomination until she finds out how the agency is handling future blending requirement waivers for small…
Hope that EPA Applies Court Decision Nationwide
National Farmers Union Biofuels Advisor Anne Steckel says she is hopeful the Environmental Protection Agency will take the 10th Circuit Court decision and apply it nationwide. "That would then ensure small refinery exemptions going forward would no longer exist. There…
Court Rules on Small Refinery Waivers
The U.S. Court of Appeals found the EPA’s approval of three small refinery waivers was illegal. The National Corn Growers Association, American Coalition for Ethanol, Renewable Fuels Association and National Farmers Union are behind this lawsuit. North Dakota Farmers Union…
GAO to Investigate Small Refinery Waivers
The Government Accountability Office will investigate the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of small ethanol refinery waivers. A bipartisan group of House members sought the GAO investigation. There has been a dramatic increase in waivers to the Renewable Fuel Standard in…
