Under the Renewable Fuels Standard(RFS),refineries with capacities of 75K b/d or below can apply for Small-Refinery Exemptions(SREs)from biofuel blending obligations,but the EPA has been prevented from revealing any information about the applicants for these waivers.On April 12,however,the Agency reopened the comment period on a provision that declares basic information related to these waiver applications is not to be considered confidential business information.A document on the EPA's website discussing the provision states: “With respect to each decision on a small refinery/refiner exemption request,we would release to the public the petitioner's name,die name and location of the facility for which relief was requested,the general nature of the relief requested,the time period for which relief was requested,and the extent to which EPA granted or denied the requested relief.”
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