Last week, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler said the agency would deny oil refiner’s requests for retroactive small refinery exemptions. According to the administrator’s ag advisor Carrie Meadows, the agency took their time in making the decision to ensure they were making the right move. “We also had to evaluate new requests,” said Meadows. “We have to be fair, but ultimately, the administrator denied the requests.” Meadows said the EPA is still evaluating all of the data on the remaining small refinery exemptions. Also, the EPA hasn’t released the updated renewable volume obligations. “The agency is working hard on it, but there’s lots of data being looked at, driving the process.” EPA officials stopped at the Red River Farm Network’s Issues and Events Center on Wednesday at Big Iron. Watch the session.
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