The EPA has filed a motion to vacate three small refinery exemptions issued during the final hours of the Trump administration.
Iowa Renewable Fuels Association executive director Monte Shaw says the move backs up President Biden’s pledge to rein in the SRE program.
“They weren’t justified (and) we need to follow the law and implement it appropriately. So for his EPA to then turn around and say ‘hey, these literally last minute exemptions don’t pass the sniff test (so) we need to pull them back.”
Less than a day before the inauguration of President Biden January 19th, the Trump EPA announced three exemptions later confirmed to Sinclair refineries in Wyoming. The Renewable Fuels Association filed an emergency stay in the U.S.
