AFPM responds to EPA actions on RFS small refinery waiver backlog

“We are glad EPA finally fulfilled its statutory obligation to act on SRE petitions. Yet, it is inexplicable that EPA is even considering adding more mandated biofuels on top of the largest and most expensive RFS mandate ever proposed by reallocating exempted volumes. The 2026 and 2027 RFS would already cost refiners and consumers up to US$70 billion each year and cannot be met with domestic feedstocks alone. Piling on more than a billion gallons in additional, reallocated mandates will do nothing other than increase imports, harm US energy dominance and cost consumers. This is akin to your neighbour getting a tax break and the IRS showing up at your doorstep with the bill. It is simply wrong.”

Read the article online at: https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/refining/26082025/afpm-responds-to-epa-actions-on-rfs-small-refinery-waiver-backlog/