DES MOINES Attorney General Tom Miller filed an amicus brief today in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting several renewable fuels and agricultural associations
(NAFB) – A coalition of farm and biofuels groups welcome a Supreme Court brief filed by U.S. states supporting the coalition’s arguments in a case regarding small refinery waivers.
The Renewable Fuels Association, National Corn Growers Association, National Farmers Union, and American Coalition for Ethanol offered thanks to Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, South Dakota, and Virginia for filing the brief.
HollyFrontier and other refiners are asking the Supreme Court to overturn the January 2020 appeals court ruling in which the court found EPA exceeded its authority in granting certain small refinery waivers. The brief from the states concludes that “the judgment of the court of appeals should be affirmed.”
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Apr 01, 2021
As the U.S. Supreme Court looks to examine the use of small refinery exemptions authorized by the Environmental Protection Agency, several states filed an amicus curiae - or friend of the court - brief in support of the Biofuels Coalition’s challenge in the
HollyFrontier Cheyenne Refining, LLC, et al., v. Renewable Fuels Association, et al.
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on April 27 on whether EPA was right to provide the refinery with a hardship exemption under the Renewable Fuels Standard. HollyFrontier and other refiners are asking the Supreme Court to overturn the January 2020 ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in which the court found EPA exceeded its authority in granting certain small refinery waivers.
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The Advanced Biofuels Association, Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas, the National Biodiesel Board and a group of eight states on March 31 filed amicus briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court urging the court to affirm the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals’ January 2020 ruling on small refinery exemptions (SREs).
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals on Jan. 24, 2020, issued a ruling that struck down three SREs that the court said were improperly issued by the EPA and held that the agency cannot “extend” exemptions to any small refineries whose earlier, temporary exemptions had lapsed.
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In its amicus brief, the ABFA discusses the impact of SREs on producers of advanced biofuels, stressing that the petitioners in the case do not acknowledge the adverse economic impact that the renewable fuels industry must absorb when dozens of small refineries are excused from their statutory Renewable Fuel Standard blending requirements. The maximum d