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Clean Fuels welcomes EPA proposal to reallocate 2025 small refinery exemptions
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the release of the Reallocation of Additional 2025 Small Refinery Exemptions proposed rule. EPA proposes adding supplemental volumes to the current Renewable Fuel Standards so the standards finalized on April 1 are not eroded by the small refinery exemptions granted on August 31. EPA is proposing and taking comment on two approaches for reallocating 100% of the 770 million RIN difference between estimated and granted 2025 exemptions: split the supplemental volume between 2026 and 2027 obligations, or add the full supplemental volume to 2027 obligations. Clean Fuels Alliance America welcomed the proposal and urged EPA to finalize adding supplemental volumes to both 2026 and 2027.