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RFA and NFU on “improper” RFS waivers
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) has filed Freedom of Information requests with the EPA and Energy Department about Renewable Fuel Standard compliance exemptions to dozens of oil refineries.
RFA CEO Bob Dinneen says media reports this week saying the EPA granted RFS waivers to three large oil refineries owned by Andeavor confirms RFA’s worst fears.
Dinneen wrote to the EPA in January asking for data and documents – and transparency – about small refiner exemptions but says he never heard back from the EPA.
The National Farmers Union says EPA’s granting of a hardship waiver to the Andeavor is wrong. In a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, NFU President Roger Johnson insists the EPA either stop granting the waivers or raise volume obligations to make up for them. The RFS waivers are meant for small refineries to avoid financial hardship.
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