Consent Decree Throws RFS Refinery Exemption Decisions into Biden’s Lap
by Kelsey Tamborrino (Politico’s Morning Energy) A consent decree published today in the Federal Register gives EPA until Feb. 19 to decide whether to exempt a refinery owned by United Refining Co. in Pennsylvania from the 2019 Renewable Fuel Standard requirements. EPA hasn’t made a decision on any of the 32 exemption requests for 2019 or 2020, and by this agreement Administrator Andrew Wheeler won’t have to. Whoever is running EPA for Biden will have to make a decision less than a month from Inauguration Day. READ MORE
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