A suit has been filed by a coalition of biofuel supporters over the EPA rationale for granting small refinery exemptions (SREs) for the 2018 compliance year. The lawsuit was filed with the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.
The groups cited an August 9 document from EPA detailing its rationale for resolving 36 SREs for 2018 in their lawsuit. “Unlike previous years, EPA’s entire decision document was only two pages long… In these short two pages, EPA purported to resolve 36 pending petitions for disproportionate economic hardship exemptions — a decision that exempted small refineries from having to blend almost one and a half billion gallons of renewable fuel,” the coalition wrote in a joint release.
In the document, EPA explained that it granted full exemptions in cases where the Department of Energy had recommended only partial waivers.
The court challenge was filed by American Coalition for Ethanol, Growth Energy, National Biodiesel Board (NBB), National Corn Growers Association (NCGA), National Farmers Union (NFU) and Renewable Fuels Association (RFA).
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