EPA: No new SRE petitions filed, 27 SRE petitions remain pending
Summary
The U.S. EPA on May 18 released updated small refinery exemption (SRE) data, showing that no new SRE petitions have been filed under the Renewable Fuel Standard during the past month. The EPA’s data also indicates that 17 small refineries have opted into the agency’s optional alternative renewable identification number (RIN) retirement schedule for compliance year 2020. The alternative schedule, established via a rulemaking finalized in August 2022, provides small refineries with additional time and a broader range of RINs to comply with their 2020 renewable volume obligations (RVOs). The total RVO of the 17 small refineries that have opted into the program is 880 million RINs. The EPA made no other changes to its online SRE data dashboard.