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08/25/2025 | News release | Distributed by Public on 08/25/2025 09:37

Market Briefs 8-27-2025

EPA issues 140 refinery exemptions

Agency clears backlog, allowing about 25% of credits to be used for future compliance.

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...

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