( June 3, 2024, 9:37 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a petition for a writ of certiorari, the Environmental Protection Agency asks the U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether a provision of the Clean Air Act (CAA) grants the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals exclusive jurisdiction over petitions for judicial review of the agency’s decisions to deny several small refineries’ requests for exemptions from the law’s Renewable Fuel Standard program; the petition is one of three pending before the high court regarding the jurisdiction provision....