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(Office of Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)) U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) led a letter to Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Jane Nishida highlighting the need to restore integrity to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) by reviewing small refinery waivers, swiftly issuing a proposed rule for the 2021 Renewable Volume Obligation, and advancing the proposed E15 streamlining proposal.
Hours before the inauguration, former EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler took action to exempt three unidentified oil refineries from their 2018 and 2019 RFS obligations under the Clean Air Act. These exemptions betrayed earlier assertions made by the Trump administration that the EPA would not grant or deny additional waivers pending the resolution of ongoing litigation over the use of the small refinery waiver authority. In January 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit found that EPA had “grossly exceeded” its authority by grant
Senators Urging EPA to Restore Integrity to RFS
Farm state Senators urge the Environmental Protection Agency to “restore integrity to the Renewable Fuel Standard.” Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley and Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar, along with 13 Senate colleagues, made the request in a letter to EPA Acting Administrator Jane Nishida. The Senators urged the EPA to review three small refinery exemption waivers issued last-minute by the former EPA Administrator, and evaluate if those waivers comply with the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling. The letter states, “If these waivers do not meet the three-part test laid out in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, then we urge you to immediately reverse them and deny the refiners’ waiver requests.” The lawmakers also urged the EPA to swiftly issue a proposed rule for the 2021 Renewable Volume Obligation, which they say will provide growth in all renewable fuel categories and move forward with the E15 streamlining proposal to rem
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