US EPA Grants Scores of Backlogged Biofuel Waivers to Small Refineries
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday began clearing a backlog of requests from small oil refineries for exemptions from the nation's biofuel laws, which refiners had for years argued caused them financial hardship.
The agency said it had granted 63 of the requests and denied 28, with 77 receiving partial approvals.
The scores of approvals mark a win for some small U.S. refiners who said they were hurt financially by the federal mandate to blend biofuels like ethanol into the country's fuel supply. But the long delay may...
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