The Environmental Protection Agency will reportedly issue partial waivers to some of the 39 refiners asking for exemptions from the Renewable Fuels Standard. The agency has also told Texas Senator Ted Cruz the agency they will keep granting waivers and won’t retroactively reallocate those waived obligations. American Coalition for Ethanol Board member and Houghton, South Dakota grower Troy Knecht says that’s disappointing and has caused a lot of ethanol demand destruction.
He says the ethanol demand loss couldn’t come at a worse time. Knecht says they’ll keep fighting for the renewable fuels industry and pushing the EPA and Congress.
Knecht says it’s disheartening that the issue has become so political. He’s hoping they can get more support from President Trump to correct the waiver problem.
The EPA is poised to issue partial waivers by the end of March, a move only made once by the agency in the past.
