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- Renewable Fuels Association v. EPA
Renewable Fuels Association v. EPA
Geography
Date
2019
Document type
Litigation
Part of
About this case
Documents
Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Summary
Document
04/07/2022
Notice
EPA filed notice of action on remand.
EPA notified the court that it had denied all 36 petitions for extensions of the small refinery exemption from the requirements of the Renewable Fuel Standard annual volume obligations for compliance year 2018 that the court had remanded.
12/08/2021
Decision
EPA's motion for voluntary remand without vacatur granted.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) motion for voluntary remand without vacatur of its August 2019 determination granting and denying 36 petitions for extensions of the small refinery exemption from the requirements of the Clean Air Act’s Renewable Fuel Standard annual volume obligations for compliance year 2018. The court ordered EPA to issue new decisions within 120 days. The court stated that vacatur was not warranted “because it would be unduly disruptive and EPA may be able to explain its rationale on remand.”
02/04/2020
Notice
Notice filed by petitioners of mootness of their motion to hold case in abeyance.
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11/21/2019
Motion To Intervene
Motion for leave to intervene in support of respondent filed by American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers.
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11/21/2019
Motion To Intervene
Motion for leave to intervene in support of respondent filed by Small Refiners Coalition.
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11/21/2019
Opposition
Petitioners filed opposition to consolidation with Case Nos. 19-1196 and 19-1216 and reply in support of motion to hold case in abeyance.
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11/05/2019
Motion
Motion filed to hold case in abeyance pending outcome of related litigation in the D.C. Circuit and the Tenth Circuit.
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10/22/2019
Petition
Petition for review filed.
Trade groups for producers of ethanol and other biofuels and trade associations for farmers filed a petition for review of EPA’s August 2019 decision regarding small refinery exemptions to renewable fuel standard requirements for 2018.
Summary
Challenge to EPA’s August 2019 decision regarding small refinery exemptions to renewable fuel standard requirements for 2018.