By Stephanie Kelly
NEW YORK, Might 19 (Reuters) – The 10th U.S. Circuit Courtroom of Appeals on Wednesday vacated three waivers exempting oil refiners from biofuel mixing mandates that former President Donald Trump’s administration granted within the final hours of his time period.
The U.S. Environmental Safety Company, which granted the waivers in January to Sinclair Oil Corp refineries, didn’t correctly analyze authorized questions earlier than granting the waivers, the ruling dated on Wednesday mentioned.
The EPA, underneath President Joe Biden, filed a movement in late April to vacate the waivers. The EPA had mentioned it didn’t analyze whether or not Sinclair’s refineries would have certified to obtain the exemptions, in keeping with a court docket ruling from January 2020.
Underneath U.S. regulation, refiners should mix billions of gallons of biofuels into their gas combine, or purchase credit from those who do. Refiners can apply for exemptions to the foundations if they will show they do monetary hurt.
The biofuel trade cheered the choice.
“We’re inspired the court docket has vacated these wrongfully granted waivers and is sending them again to EPA for additional evaluate,” mentioned Brian Jennings, chief govt of the American Coalition for Ethanol.
(Reporting by Stephanie Kelly; Modifying by Leslie Adler and Peter Cooney)
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