25-05-2012
AFPM criticizes EPA’s decision to continue advancing phantom fuel mandate
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) responded today to the Environmental Protection Agency's May 22 decision to continue mandating cellulosic biofuels that do not exist.
"EPA's decision is arbitrary and capricious. We fail to understand how EPA can maintain a requirement to purchase a type of fuel that simply doesn't exist. Congress created a waiver provision in the RFS to address this exact situation," said AFPM President Charles T. Drevna. "If EPA isn't going to grant a waiver based on the agency's own data that shows the fuel is not available, when does the agency think it is appropriate to exercise its waiver authority? Today's ruling simply upholds EPA's imposition of a backdoor gasoline tax on American consumers."
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, American Petroleum Institute and Western States Petroleum Association jointly filed a petition on January 20, 2012, requesting that the Environmental Protection Agency waive the 2011 cellulosic biofuel volume mandate in its entirety due to a non-existent domestic supply of the fuel. EPA denied this petition on Tuesday, even though the Agency's own monthly summary of available volumes of cellulosic biofuels showsthat no cellulosic biofuel was produced in the United States in 2011.
The volume of cellulosic biofuels that refiners were required to use in for 2011was 6 million gallons. Even though no cellulosic biofuels were produced, refiners were forced to pay $6.8 million to EPA for waiver credits needed to comply with the mandate. AFPM and API also sent a petition to EPA in February 2011 to reconsider that mandate, but EPA waited 15 months to deny that petition as well.
News Category:
-
Beyond processbook & PI vision: Exploring today’s industrial analytics tools
(Webinar) - In the Manufacturing 4.0 era, industrial organizations have more data at their fingertips than ever, offering the promise of higher production rates, more ...
04-06-2024
-
Worley awarded Bayou Bend CCS carbon capture and storage facility contract
We’ve been selected to design and evaluate CO2 gathering, handling and sequestration facilities located along the Gulf Coast in Southeast Texas. Bayou Bend ...
13-05-2024
-
Black & Veatch delivers feasibility study for Andes Energy LNG Terminal
Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure solutions leader Black & Veatch has completed a feasibility study for the planned Andes Energy Terminal, LNG regasification ...
09-05-2024
-
Shell to sell interest in Singapore Energy and Chemicals Park to CAPGC
Shell Singapore Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Shell plc, has reached an agreement to sell its Energy and Chemicals Park in Singapore to CAPGC Pte. Ltd., a joint venture company ...
08-05-2024
-
Integrated Global Services recognized for role in mega turnaround
Integrated Global Services has been recognized as a major contributor to the successful Ras Tanura Refinery 2024 Mega Turnaround and Inspection for Saudi Arabian Energy ...
08-05-2024
-
BASF invests in capacity expansion of Basoflux® range of paraffin inhibitors
BASF plans to expand the global production capacity of its Basoflux® range of paraffin inhibitors at its site in Tarragona, Spain. This investment will enable BASF’s ...
07-05-2024
-
Ebara Elliott Energy to provide compressor for SAF project in Thailand
Ebara Elliott Energy, formerly Elliott Group, announces it has been contracted to provide a motor-driven recycle compressor with a variable frequency drive (VFD) for ...
07-05-2024
-
ETH Zurich select hte to provide high throughput test system designed for CO2 electroreduction
hte – the high throughput experimentation company was awarded a contract by the technical university ETH Zurich to provide a high throughput test system designed for ...
07-05-2024
-
TotalEnergies and Sinopec strengthen cooperation
On the occasion of the state visit to France by the President of the People's Republic of China, TotalEnergies, represented by Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO, and ...
07-05-2024
-
IPP enters agreement to market ammonia, methanol and melamine plants in Ludwigshafen
BASF and International Process Plants (IPP), a global leader in the acquisition and sale of process plants and equipment, have entered an agreement to market ammonia, ...
06-05-2024