API urges EPA not to exempt small refiners from US biofuel mandate
San Antonio (Platts)-
The American Petroleum Institute has come out against a campaign by small refineries to avoid their obligations under the US biofuel mandate, according to a letter released Tuesday.
More than two dozen refineries with throughput of less than 75,000 b/d have reportedly petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to get out of the Renewable Fuel Standard's blending requirements based on a provision in the law allowing the agency to make exemptions based on "severe economic harm."
EPA has declined to answer questions about the petitions.