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Renewable Fuel Standard Trump Administration

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

RINs on renewable electricity - is now the time for EPA action?

For more than a decade, the Federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) has provided powerful incentives that have driven the introduction of new transportation fuels into the US marketplace due to valuable credits known as...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

House Committee Announces Legislative Hearing On EPA’s Mismanagement Of RFS Program

On October 22, 2019, Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee Chair, and Paul Tonko (D-NY), Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee (ECCS), announced that a legislative hearing will be held on...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Biofuel Quarrel Continues Despite Trump Attempt as Peacemaker

A dispute between two of President Trump’s key constituencies entered a new phase on October 15, when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking to establish renewable fuel...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - August 2019 #3

Trump's EPA Grants 31 Small Refinery Waivers from Biofuel Laws, Angering Corn Lobby - "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted 31 small refinery biofuel waivers for 2018, infuriating the ethanol and corn...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

U.S. Senators Express Concerns About RFS Program To President Trump

On June 28, 2019, 13 U.S. Senators signed a letter to President Donald J. Trump expressing concerns about media reports that USDA Secretary Sonny Purdue is attempting to influence EPA decisions on small refinery waivers under...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Trump Administration Releases Its Fall 2018 Agenda

On October 16, 2018, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released the Trump Administration’s Fall 2018 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Agenda). The Agenda aims to report on actions that...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

EPA to limit RFS markets and restrict RIN trading – Potential unintended consequences for refiners, renewable fuel producers, and...

Earlier this month, the White House directed the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to draft and propose rules that would reform and restrict the trading of renewable identification numbers (RINs) under the federal...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - August 2018 #4

Activists Have a New Strategy to Block Gas Pipelines: State's Rights - "It already has worked in New York where construction on the Constitution Pipeline has stalled. Now activists are trying the strategy in Oregon." ...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Trump Administration: 2017 Recap and 2018 Outlook

On January 20, 2017, businessman Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States following a contentious and unconventional 2016 presidential election. Republicans also successfully maintained control...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Pruitt Responds To Senators’ Request For Details On Icahn’s Advisory Role

On September 11, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt sent a letter to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) in response to the request by Senator Whitehouse and four other Democratic...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - September 2017

Groundbreaking Held for New Methanol Plant in Kanawha County, West Virginia - "US Methanol expects it will open its first American facility, Liberty One, in mid-2018, which will be capable of producing 200,000 metric tons...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Biofuel Mandates Escape Current EPA Scrutiny

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The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is a regulatory program administered by EPA that requires petroleum-based transportation fuel sold in the U.S. to contain a minimum volume of various categories of biofuels. The program’s...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The Uncertain Future of the Renewable Fuel Standard: Litigation and Regulatory Change in the New Administration

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The new Administration faces consequential near-term court decisions and policy choices as it charts a future course for the RFS. ..The outcome of pending court challenges to the 2014-2016 RFS Rule will be consequential,...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Trump Supports Renewable Fuels In Letter To Industry

On February 21, 2017, President Trump sent a letter to the attendees of the National Ethanol Conference to reiterate his commitment to ethanol and the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The letter states that Trump and his...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Senators Send Letter To White House Counsel Regarding Carl Icahn Concerns

On February 13, 2017, seven democratic Senators sent a letter to White House Counsel Don McGahn requesting details on Carl Icahn’s role in the Trump Administration and the extent of his influence over the Renewable Fuel...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

What’s Happening at the EPA This Week — and What Does It Mean?

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The Trump administration is barely a week and a half old, and its intention regarding Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authority and oversight has been a hot topic. Here is an update about what we know — and what we...more

K&L Gates LLP

Climate Change Hits EPA: 30 Pending Regulations Frozen

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In accordance with direction from the Trump administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has published a final rulemaking delaying the effective date of 30 pending regulations until at least March 21,...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Buckle-Up, Uncertainty Paves a Bumpy Road Ahead: Environmental Regulation Under the Trump Administration

Sutherland attorneys are closely watching the developments concerning changes to environmental regulation under President Trump. This article begins a series of communications with our clients on developments of particular...more

Balch & Bingham LLP

2017 Regulatory Policy Forecast: Environmental & Energy Policy

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ENVIRONMENTAL & ENERGY POLICY - With an incoming administration promising substantial changes to current energy and environmental policies, regulated businesses are closely monitoring and evaluating what 2017 will bring. A...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Forecast for Energy and Environment Regulations

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President-Elect Donald Trump has promised to bring back jobs in the coal industry and reduce regulations that could inhibit economic growth. His transition team has already begun arriving at federal agencies to review the...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Heightened Focus on Renewable Fuel Standard Enforcement Increases Compliance Challenges

As the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program continues to evolve and mature, so too does the manner in which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) seeks to drive day-to-day compliance by the regulated...more

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