Topics: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

EPA Sides With NATSO on Obligated Party Issue Under RFS

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it will not alter the “point of obligation” under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. The announcement was accompanied by a comprehensive analysis detailing the effectiveness of the current point of obligation, as well as a thorough rebuttal of arguments in support of changing the point of obligation. NATSO President and CEO Lisa Mullings issued the following statement on EPA’s report: More

New Guidelines for Minimizing UST Leaks, Contamination

Two new guidance documents, one from the Environmental Protection Agency, and one from a private, industry-funded non-profit, provide practical tips for maintaining underground storage tanks, minimizing leakage and fuel contamination, and maximizing fuel system cleanliness necessary for diesel equipment. More

House Passes Bill to Delay Implementation of EPA Ozone Standard

The U.S. House of Representatives on June 8 voted 234-137 in favor of the Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016 (H.R. 4775) to delay implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone for eight years. More

EPA Releases Proposed Renewable Fuel Mandates for 2017

On May 18, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released proposed renewable fuel mandates for 2017 under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The proposal also included a proposed 2018 volume mandate for biomass-based diesel (the 2017 biomass-based diesel number was finalized in late 2015). More

EPA Sends 2017 RFS Proposal to OMB for Review

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on April 15 submitted its proposed rule for the 2017 renewable fuel standard (RFS) to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), marking the final step before the rule is published in the Federal Register and open for public comment. More

House Committee Examines EPA's Implementation of Renewable Fuel Standard

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing the week of March 14 examining the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) implementation of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Under the RFS, EPA sets an annual benchmark representing the amount of renewable fuels that each fuel refiner and importer ("obligated parties") is responsible for generating. More

Senate Panel Examines RFS

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee last week heard testimony discussing the current state of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. At the hearing, critics of the RFS argued that the assumptions upon which the program is based -- i.e., continuously increasing motor fuel demand -- are no longer valid and that the RFS should therefore be repealed or substantially revised. RFS supporters testified that the program is needed to increase the amount of renewable fuels in the United States, and said EPA was wrong to lower the statutory volume obligations for the 2016 compliance period. More

RFS Litigation Update

The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) filed a lawsuit challenging Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) rule establishing renewable volume obligations for 2014-2016 and biomass-based diesel obligations for 2017 alleging that the agency’s annual volume obligations are unlawfully high. In addition, several entities are jockeying to intervene in a separate lawsuit filed by the ethanol industry challenging EPA’s RFS rule. That suit alleges that the agency's annual volume obligations are unlawfully low. More

FTC Revises Rules for Gasoline Dispenser Labels Members Only Join or Login

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has amended its Fuel Rating Rule (prescribing labeling requirements on fuel dispensers) as it pertains to gasoline-ethanol blends with greater than 10 volume percent ethanol (E10). The rule is generally designed to update the requirements to accommodate the sale of ethanol blends between E10 and E85 (such as E15). The amendments do not alter the current labeling requirements for E10, diesel, biodiesel, or biomass-based diesel. More

Litigation Surrounding RFS, Biofuels Heats Up

Two separate lawsuits have been filed in recent weeks challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) efforts to encourage more biofuels, including biodiesel, in the market. More

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