EPA denies 1 SRE petition
Summary
Growth Energy called the EPA’s denial of the compliance year 2019 SRE petition promising. “As our industry awaits three years of renewable volume obligations from EPA, we hope today’s SRE denial is an indication that they are working toward getting the RFS back on track,” said Emily Skor, CEO of Growth Energy. “For too long, refiners have misused SREs as a way avoid their statutory requirements to blend more clean, renewable fuels, and we’re encouraged that today’s SRE denial means that this SRE abuse will be a practice of the past. “We are greatly encouraged by EPA’s decision to deny this bailout request from an oil refinery that has continually attempted to dodge its legal obligations to blend low-carbon renewable fuels,” said Geoff Cooper, president and CEO of the RFA. EPA’s new leadership appears to be making good on its promises to rein in the SRE program, and today’s decision is consistent with the new policy direction announced by EPA earlier this year and President Biden’s position that the last administration’s SRE abuse was a ‘gigantic mistake.’ However, 65 exemption petitions are still pending and we urge the Agency to swiftly deny any and all remaining applications that fail to pass the common-sense test established by the Tenth Circuit.”