EPA Exempts Small Refineries from Renewable Fuel Standards

September 2, 2025--Written by Paul Wiseman for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it has exempted several small refineries from renewable fuel blending standards to remove an eight-year backlog of exemption petitions. The agency said it acted on a backlog of 175 petitions from 38 small refineries for exemptions to renewable fuel blending standards for the years 2016-2024. It granted 63 full and 77 partial exemptions. It denied 28 petitions and determined that seven were ineligible for the exemption.