RFS, EPA To Have A Court Battle On Monday

The DC Circuit Court on Monday, April 24, holds oral arguments on challenges to the 2014-2016 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume requirements.The program has supporters and detractors among both political parties. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has asked judges to put other challenges to agency rules on hold, but EPA in this case is pushing maximize administrative flexibility.EPA will defend itself against charges it set volumes for conventional biofuels, advanced cellulosic biofuels and biomass biodiesel either too high or too low, depending on who you ask. It will defend its waiver to set the conventional biofuel requirements below congressional levels; and it will argue it was under no obligation to change who must comply with the program.