Small Refineries Sue Challenging Renewable Fuel Exemption Orders

Wynnewood Refining Co. and Calumet Shreveport Refining LLC filed separate suits challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s denials of their requests seeking small refinery exemptions to renewable fuel standards.

Both refineries petitioned for review of the EPA’s denials specifically for the 2023 compliance year with the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Thursday.

Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA is responsible for the renewable fuel standards program, which sets the amount of renewable fuel required to be blended annually into the nation’s supply of gasoline and diesel fuel. Small refineries can request exemptions from the standards if ...