EPA extends emergency fuel waiver for Midwestern states

In Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency has extended an emergency fuel waiver that EPA issued on August 1, 2024, in response to requests made by some states waivers under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to address a fuel supply emergency caused by a power outage and resulting emergency shutdown of the ExxonMobil Joliet refinery when tornadoes touched down in and around the Chicago, Illinois

area on July 15, 2024. They requested that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant a waiver of the federal fuels regulations and federally enforceable State Implementation Plans (SIPs) that require certain low Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) standards in both conventional gasoline (CG), and reformulated gasoline (RFG) to be sold during the summer months in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin. This waiver is effective August 28, 2024, and will continue through the end of the summer volatility control season on September 15, 2024.