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Saturday, November 23, 2024
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether challenges to EPA small refinery exemption decisions can be heard in federal appeals courts other than the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Biofuel leaders expressed disappointment Friday in a ruling from a federal appeals court overturning what they said are “most” EPA decisions in 2022 to deny requests for small refinery exemptions from the Renewable Fuel Standard.
The Environmental Protection Agency is asking a federal appeals court to send the Trump administration’s decision granting 31 small refinery exemptions for compliance year 2018 back to it for review.
Supreme Court justices on both sides of the ideological spectrum expressed skepticism that oil refiners are legally eligible for biofuel exemptions even if previous waivers have lapsed.
Farm groups are bracing for President Joe Biden to propose higher taxes on inherited assets and capital gains this week, while the Supreme Court takes up the authority of EPA to exempt refiners from biofuel usage requirements.
President Donald Trump is instructing the Environmental Protection Agency to deny small refinery petitions in the Renewable Fuel Standard, potentially neutralizing a nagging campaign issue for Republicans, Reuters reports.
The biofuel industry is eagerly anticipating a decision from the Trump administration on future small refinery exemptions this week, while Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue heads to Capitol Hill for a grilling on the Market Facilitation Program, food stamps and other issues.
Trade tensions, the Trump administration's decisions on biofuel policy, and an oversupply of ethanol are placing ethanol plants in a tight spot financially, forcing some to either shut down or press pause on production until conditions improve, industry officials say.
