The National Biodiesel Board is pleased with the EPA’s decision to deny 54 of the 68 pending gap small refinery exemption petitions.

The EPA denied the petitions reviewed by the Department of Energy. Fourteen remaining petitions are still under review.

Kurt Kovarik is NBB’s vice president of federal affairs.

“The administration needs to be applauded for this action,” he says. It’s a great win for the biodiesel industry and the soybean farmer.”  

He says the decision will help provide the industry with certainty.

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