Nebraska U.S. Senator Deb Fischer and Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois have introduced legislation that would bring transparency and predictability to the Environmental Protection Agency’s small refinery exemption process.
The bipartisan RFS Integrity Act of 2021 would require small refineries to petition for Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) hardship exemptions by June 1st of each year. The change would ensure EPA properly accounts for exempted gallons in the Renewable Volume Obligations (RVO) it sets each November.