WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following news release:
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin echoing concerns raised (https://www.iowaattorneygeneral.gov/newsroom/attorney-general-brenna-bird-fights-for-farmers-and-the-integrity-of-renewable-fuel-standard) by Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird regarding Small Refinery Exemptions (SREs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
In the letter, Grassley is urging the EPA to investigate allegations that small refiners are manipulating the RFS program by falsely claiming economic hardship to the EPA in order to be exempted from blending renewable fuels or buying renewable fuel credits.
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