DC Circuit hears Growth Energy’s challenge to EPA’s 2019 biofuel mandate, small refinery waivers

In Washington, D.C., S&P Global Platts reports that Growth Energy took its challenge of the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2019 biofuel blending mandate before an appeals court, saying the EPA should have taken small-refinery waivers into account before setting the required volumes.

“A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard the case by teleconference, focusing much of the questioning on whether the complaint was timely and biofuel makers had standing,” according to S&P Global Platts. “A decision is not expected until at least December or January.”