EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler would not confirm to lawmakers that reports the agency would dramatically scale back its use of small refinery exemptions (SREs) were on the mark, only offering that they would announce the decision “soon.”
Wheeler insisted to lawmakers EPA officials were still discussing the situation with the Department of Justice and the White House relative to the 10th Circuit Court decision, which ruled EPA overstepped its bounds on three SREs granted for the 2016 compliance year.
“We are working with the Department of Justice and closely looking at that as well as other court decisions” relative to the RFS. “It is a very litigated area,” he added.
Even though several lawmakers sought Wheeler’s comments on the SRE decision, Wheeler would only pledge that the agency will be issuing guidance relative to the court ruling and said that guidance would be coming “soon.”
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