Earlier this week, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said she would not back the nomination of Doug Benevento to be deputy EPA administrator until EPA until EPA says how it will handle the 52 retroactive small refinery exemptions (SREs) that it has received for prior compliance years going back to 2011.
Now Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said he will not let Benevento's nomination move forward until EPA provides relief for refiners on Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs).
"The price of RINs has more than quadrupled since the beginning of the year, and now sits around $0.50,” Cruz said in a statement. “These sky-high prices coupled with the energy and economic crises caused by the coronavirus pandemic have wreaked havoc on America's small refineries and blue-collar workers.”
Until EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler “delivers on his promise to take actions that help bring stability to the price of RINs, I will not allow this nomination to move forward,” Cruz concluded.
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