The American Soybean Association (ASA) has become the latest group to call on EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to reject 52 pending retroactive Small Refinery Exemption (SRE) requests and apply a 10th US Circuit Court decision curbing the granting of the waivers.
“The approval of these gap filings would deal a devastating blow to soybean farmers and biodiesel producers by stifling demand for biodiesel,” wrote ASA President Bill Gordon. “Simply put, protecting the RFS is a priority of our organization. We urge you to consider the perspective of the soybean farmer as EPA addresses this gap filing issue.”
ASA said prolonged uncertainty in the biofuel sector created by the SRE issue “continues to stifle investment in American biofuels, destabilize agriculture markets and hurt U.S. soy growers, who are already grappling with supply chain disruptions due to COVID-19, the U.S.-China trade war, and other causes of instability.”
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