Sen. Grassley: Energy Department Says EPA Issued RFS Exemptions Against DOE Advice
July 23, 2019
July 23, 2019
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release:
Contrary to assertions by the EPA, the Energy Department confirmed in a letter to Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that the EPA has issued so-called "economic hardship" exemptions under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) to small refineries, often owned by billion-dollar oil companies, even when the Energy Department found that the refineries faced little or no actual "hardship.& . . .
Contrary to assertions by the EPA, the Energy Department confirmed in a letter to Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that the EPA has issued so-called "economic hardship" exemptions under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) to small refineries, often owned by billion-dollar oil companies, even when the Energy Department found that the refineries faced little or no actual "hardship.& . . .