Federal Judge Orders EPA Decision On Refinery Hardship Petition; Appeal Expected

( January 17, 2025, 8:17 AM EST) -- SHREVEPORT, La. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must decide on a small refinery’s petition for hardship relief from the Clean Air Act’s (CAA) Renewable Fuel Standard program by Jan. 22 after a Louisiana federal judge, in granting the refinery’s motion for summary judgment, called the agency’s arguments for an extension “unpersuasive” because it had more than 200 days to decide on the petition but “continuously failed to act.”...

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