EPA STALLS BIOFUEL WAIVER TRANSPARENCY PLAN AFTER WHITE HOUSE BLOWBACK

摘要

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has suspended work on its plan to publish the names of refineries securing exemptions from the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), after receiving blowback from the White House and parts of the oil industry, Reuters cited four sources familiar with the matter as saying. The sources said EPA announced the plan on April 12 before the White House had time to review it, and without forewarning oil refiners who fear that publicly receiving waivers would be bad for their image and undermine their competitive edge. If the EPA ditches or significantly alters the plan, it would anger the powerful corn lobby that has long agitated for more transparency in the notoriously opaque biofuel waiver program.