08/25/2025 | News release | Distributed by Public on 08/25/2025 09:37
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week began clearing a decade-long backlog of requests from small oil refineries for exemptions from Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) blending requirements.
The EPA granted 63 full exemptions and 77 partial (50%) exemptions for petitions covering the 2016-2024 compliance years. The agency also denied 28 petitions and determined seven petitions to be ineligible.
The exemptions amount to 5.34...