News

Noem & Walz write to Trump on waiver make-goods

The Governors of Minnesota and South Dakota have sent a letter to President Trump recommending ways to mitigate the effects of his EPA’s granting of small refinery waivers.

Governors Tim Walz and Noem are asking Trump to have the EPA include lost gallons to the pending 2020 RVO proposed rule; initiate another Biofuels Infrastructure Partnership through USDA; increase the minimum octane standard in gasoline; and, direct EPA to enforce the Clean Air Act requirement to replace the aromatic toxins in gasoline, allowing refiners to use ethanol.

Noem and Walz say the EPAs recent approval of 31 more waivers “undermines the integrity of the RFS” and harms their state’s agricultural communities, which have already been hurt by the administration’s tariffs.