Description: Challenge to EPA Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) rulemakings.
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Valero Energy Corp. v. EPA
Case Documents:
Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary 05/18/2020 Order List Download Certiorari denied. Supreme Court Declined to Consider Cases Raising “Point of Obligation” Issue in Renewal Fuels Program. The U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of the D.C. Circuit’s decisions in three cases that concerned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) annual determination of obligations in the Renewable Fuel Standard program. American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers and Valero Energy Corporation had sought the Court’s review of the issue of whether EPA was required to consider the appropriate “point of obligation”—the parties to whom the obligations should apply (refineries, blenders, or importers)—on an annual basis. 04/20/2020 Reply Download Reply filed by petitioners. 04/03/2020 Brief Download Brief filed by respondent in opposition to petition for writ of certiorari. 12/30/2019 Petition for Writ of Certiorari Download Petition for writ of certiorari filed by Valero Energy Corporation and American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers. -
Alon Refining Krotz Springs, Inc. v. EPA
Case Documents:
Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary 08/30/2019 Opinion Download Petitions for review denied. D.C. Circuit Dismissed Challenges to Renewable Fuel Standard Rules. The D.C. Circuit rejected a set of challenges to Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program rules. First, the court upheld the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) denial of petitions to reconsider its 2010 “point of obligation” rule that imposed RFS compliance obligations on refiners and importers but not on blenders. Second, the court upheld EPA’s decision not to reassess categories of “obligated parties” when it issued the 2017 annual standards. Third, the court rejected challenges to EPA’s cellulosic biofuel projection for 2017 and the decision not to use the entirety of the discretionary cellulosic waiver to lower the 2017 requirements for advanced biofuel and total renewable fuel. Fourth, the court rejected a claim that the 2018 volume for biomass-based diesel was too low. -
Valero Energy Corp. v. EPA
Case Documents:
Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary 02/12/2016 Petition for Review Download Petition for review filed.