U.S. EPA set to rule on refinery biofuel waivers requests in coming weeks

The Environmental Protection Agency hopes to rule in the next few weeks on 2018 ...

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sign is seen on the podium at EPA headquarters in Washington, U.S., July 11, 2018. REUTERS/Ting Shen

“We’re going through them,” Wheeler told reporters on the sidelines of his visit to Monroe Energy’s oil refinery in Trainer. “We hope to be processing them and making decisions in the next few weeks and month at the most,” he said. The waiver program has been a bone of contention between the rival corn and oil industries since Trump ordered a review of it after hearing complaints from farmers.

The Department of Energy provided the EPA its scoring results for the 40 outstanding 2018 applications in late April, sources told Reuters.

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