A member of the Senate Ag Committee says she’s pushing hard
in a bipartisan way to make sure more than 50 so-called “gap year” small
refinery exemption requests get denied.
Minnesota Democrat Tina Smith tells Brownfield the oil refineries behind these petitions are not living up to their legal obligation under the RFS.
“And it is hurting ethanol producers and corn producers, and it’s just bad for the biofuels industry generally.