Agri-Pulse

Biofuel groups ask court to rehear RFS refinery exemption case

Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association are asking the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a November 2023 decision approving six small refinery exemptions from the nation's ...
JD Supra

U.S. EPA’s RFS Set 2 Rule Aims to Spur Domestic Renewable Fuel Growth and Announces Future Impact on International Feedstock Sourcing and Fuel Production

Effective June 15, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has published its Final Set 2 Rule under the Renewable Fuel Standard ...
JD Supra

Practical steps to mitigate RIN market fraud risk in light of EPA's Inspector General RFS audit report

On September 19, 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued its conclusions after conducting an audit of EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Moderated ...
Hydrocarbon Processing

AFPM suing U.S. EPA over RFS ‘Set 2 rule,’ the administration’s most expensive regulation

EPA’s “Set 2 rule” is the largest and most expensive RFS iteration in history and is the single most expensive regulation of President Trump’s second term. AFPM President and CEO Chet Thompson issued ...
Agri-Pulse

Court retains RFS 'set rule' but orders more environmental impact analysis

The Environmental Protection Agency must reconsider the impacts on climate change of biofuel volumes in its 2023 “set rule,” the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday. The agency relied on an ...