U.S. appellate court overturns EPA denial of RFS exemptions
The EPA will have to take a new look at requests for three dozen "hardship" exemptions from the ethanol mandate under a ruling by the U.S appeals court in Washington. Ethanol makers, "extremely disappointed" by the ruling, said they were considering a response, "which may include seeking further review of today's decision."
EPA late in setting ethanol mandate for 2021
Despite entreaties from ethanol makers and farm groups, the EPA missed the statutory deadline on Monday to finalize the Renewable Fuel Standard, which assures a share of the gasoline market for biofuels such as corn ethanol, for 2021. EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler has pointed to the steep …