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Bill would limit RFS exemptions
House Ag Committee Chairman Collin Peterson has introduced a bill to limit RFS small refinery exemptions. Co-sponsoring the bill are Congressmen Dusty Johnson of South Dakota, Dave Loebsack of Iowa, Rodney Davis of Illinois and Roger Marshall of Kansas.
The bill would require small refineries to petition for RFS hardship exemptions by June first of each year. And, the EPA would be mandated to account for exempted gallons in the annual RVOs it sets each November.
Petrson says farmers and ag communities have been hurt by EPA’s “reckless” abuse of its authority.
Congressman Johnson says the EPA has let oil refiners off the hook by circumventing congressional intent.
The National Biodiesel Board says estimated demand destruction for U.S. biodiesel producers is more than 7-Billion dollars, according to University of Illinois Economist Scott Irwin.
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