The Clean Air Act (CAA) allowed for exemptions to be granted for small refiners, a topic that has become controversial in recent years, prompting EPA to reverse some prior granted small refinery exemptions (SREs) and halt granting them. EPA said the final volume requirements “are based on our projection that no gasoline or diesel produced by small refineries will be exempt from RFS requirements pursuant to CAA” based on the agency’s current statutory requirements. And if that were to change in the future, EPA said it would not alter the requirements spelled out in this rule. “Even were EPA to grant an SRE in the future for 2023-2025, we do not plan to revise the percentage standards to account for such an exemption,” EPA stated.
EPA will stop granting SREs
The Clean Air Act (CAA) allowed for exemptions to be granted for small refiners, a topic that has become controversial in recent years, prompting EPA to reverse some prior granted small refinery exemptions (SREs).
(Farm Journal)
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