Biofuels group challenges EPA on exemptions from renewables law
Source: By Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters • Posted: Wednesday, May 2, 2018
“ABFA members are concerned that Administrator (Scott) Pruitt is granting these exemptions in an arbitrary and capricious manner to undisclosed parties behind closed doors with no accountability for its decision-making process,” Michael McAdams, the head of the trade group, said in a statement.
The lawsuit is the latest in the biofuel industry’s fight with the EPA over the agency’s expansion of the small refinery hardship exemption from the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The law requires the refining sector to blend increasing amounts of biofuels such as corn-based ethanol into the nation’s fuel supply each year.
Reporting By Jarrett Renshaw Editing by Susan Thomas