On court remand, US EPA denies 36 RFS exemptions for small refineries
The Environmental Protection Agency April 7 reversed a batch of Trump-era decisions on economic hardship exemptions from biofuel blending mandates, denying 36 small refinery exemptions for the 2018 Renewable Fuel Standard compliance year, of which 31 had previously been granted. The announcement follows a Dec. 8 order from the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that…