EPA Waiving Biofuel Quotas Spurs Rebuke From Ethanol Supporters
- Ethanol backers say move undermines U.S. biofuel mandate
- Congress told agency to issue waivers for small refineries
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The Environmental Protection Agency has given more than two dozen small refiners permission to ignore the nation’s renewable fuel mandate, angering competitors as well as farm-state lawmakers who say the exceptions undermine the program.
Roughly 30 refineries are seeking waivers from the Renewable Fuel Standard for the 2017 compliance year, and so far at least 25 have won them, according to two people familiar with the process.