Letters and Comments

June 2, 2022 - I write today to urge President Biden to reform the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program before it is too late. With the energy issues we are currently facing, failure to act will no doubt put us in an even worse position because of the potential to lose American jobs and fuel supplies ...Read the Full Letter

June 1, 2022 - We are contacting you on behalf of our constitutents in Monmouth and Ocean Counties to add our voices to the long list of elected officials who are deeply concerned about the need to reform the federal Renewable Fuel Standard ("RFS") program ...Read the Full Letter

May 31, 2022 - I am writing to you today to express the need for critical reforms to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. While the RFS was a well-intended program, it is not operating as Congress intended it to and as a result is threatening the viability of our region’s last few independent refineries, as well as consumers ...Read the Full Letter

May 31, 2022 - I am deeply concerned that the way the EPA's Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program is currently structured is raising consumer costs as much as 30 cents per gallon and, if unaddressed, will have significant negative impacts on America's independent refiners that could threaten our national energy independence and energy security ...Read the Full Letter

May 31, 2022 - I am writing to you today to express my deep concerns with the current structure of the EPA's Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), and how it negatively impacts America's independent refiners. Significant imbalances within the RFS are not only impacting refiners but are also causing hardships for consumers ...Read the Full Letter

May 31, 2022 - I write today to urge President Biden to take action on the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) to reduce fuel costs while protecting American jobs and American fuel supplies. Reformation of the RFS is important both to my district and the state of Ohio as a whole ...Read the Full Letter

May 27, 2022 - I am writing to you today to express my concerns with the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. While well-intended, the RFS is not operating in accordance with Congress’ original intent and threatening the viability of our country’s independence refineries, as well as harming the wallets of many consumers including my constituents ...Read the Full Letter

May 27, 2022 - The EPA's Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program, while well-intentioned, is raising consumer fuel costs and imposing significant strain on our country's independent refiners due to its current structure ...Read the Full Letter

May 26, 2021 - I am writing to you on behalf of the thousands of businesses, large and small that the Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey (CCSNJ) represents due to a federal issue that is giving us cause for significant concern - the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)....Read the Full Letter

May 26, 2022 - I would like to express my concerns that the EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) program, while well-intentioned, needs critical reforms to bring down consumer fuel costs in the short term, and to ensure the viability of our country and region’s independent refiners over the longer term ...Read the Full Letter

May 26, 2022 - On behalf of The Ohio Manufacturers’ Association, I write to express concern about the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), and the need for significant reforms to the program. The current structure of the RFS is threatening American energy independence and negatively impacting countless businesses that contract with refineries for goods, services, and affordable and reliable energy ...Read the Full Letter

May 25, 2022 - I am joining the sizeable list of bipartisan voices asking for you to make meaningful reforms to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. Without action by the Administration, we could see our region's last remaining refineries close their doors permanently, taking thousands of direct jobs and tens of thousands of indirect jobs with them, at a time when we cannot afford it ...Read the Full Letter

May 23, 2022 - As organizations committed to climate action and clean transportation, we write to you with deep concerns about the recent wave of policy support for unsustainable bioenergy. The egregious Russian invasion of Ukraine cannot become an excuse to trade one source of dirty energy for another ...Read the Full Letter

May 23, 2022 - On behalf of the Ohio Oil & Gas Association, I write to you today to express my concerns with the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program; specifically its negative impacts on consumer fuel costs and independent refiners ...Read the Full Letter

May 18, 2022 - On behalf of the nearly one thousand New Jersey small business owners who serve the motoring public, the New Jersey Gasoline, C-Store, and Automotive Association (NJGCA) is writing to request urgent and immediate action by the Biden administration and Congress to fix the flawed federal biofuel mandate, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) ...Read the Full Letter

May 17, 2022 - I am writing to you today because I have grave concerns that inaction on the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program will lead to unanticipated consequences for consumers and for our national energy security ...Read the Full Letter

May 2, 2022 - We are joining the sizeable chorus of bipartisan voices pleading for meaningful reforms to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard ("RFS"). We have deep concerns that inaction on the RFS will lead to untold consequences for consumers and for our national energy security ...Read the Full Letter

April 5, 2022 - We want to add our voices to the long list of elected officials deeply concerned about the need to reform the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). This matter has reached a critical stage in recent years, and we implore you to act before it's too late for the few remaining refiners in our region, including one in South Jersey ...Read the Full Letter

March 9, 2022 - We write today to express our concerns with the federal Renewable Fuel Standard ("RFS") which we believe needs critical reforms before it is too late for our South Jersey and regional refiners ...Read the Full Letter

Organized labor leaders represent hundreds of thousands of Union members from coast to coast who work in America's independent refineries to support their families by making the products that help make modern life possible ...Read the Full Two Pager

February 9, 2022 - Dear Administrator Reagan: We would like to add our voices to the growing list of those concerned about the need for critical reforms to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard ("RFS"). This matter has reached a critical stage in recent years, and we implore you to act before it's too late for our regional and South Jersey refiners. The RFS was a well-intended program when it was established, but the reality is that it isn't working as Congress envisioned, and as a result, our region's last few independent refiners are suffering severe economic hardship. ...Read the Full Letter

February 9, 2022 - We would like to add our voices to the growing list of those concerned about the need for critical reforms to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard ("RFS"). This matter has reached a critical stage in recent years, and we implore you to act before it's too late for our regional and South Jersey refiners. The RFS was a well-intended program when it was established, but the reality is that it isn't working as Congress envisioned, and as a result, our region's last few independent refineries are suffering severe economic hardship…Read the Full Letter

February 4, 2022 - Dear Administrator Regan, On behalf of North America’s Building Trades Unions, its fourteen affiliated national and international unions, and the over 3 million construction industry employees they represent, I write to express our strong concern regarding the proposed Renewable Volume Obligation (RVO) for the 2022 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The refining industry works closely with our affiliated unions’ members across the country and provides the unionized construction industry with thousands of high-paying, middle class sustaining job opportunities. While we support the Administration’s efforts to accelerate the country’s transition to more renewable fuels, the proposed RVO target for 2022 would have clear and direct negative impacts on the industry and on the livelihood of our members. ...Read the Full Letter 

February 4th, 2022 - Dear President Biden, On behalf of the 95,000 Ohio Tradespeople and 132 local construction union affiliates represented by Affiliated Construction Trades Ohio Foundation (ACT Ohio), I submit this official comment to the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule: Renewable Fuel Standard Program: RFS Annual Rules, Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0324. ACT Ohio is a 501(c)(5) organization created to facilitate economic and industrial development opportunities and to promote industry best-practices for Ohio’s public and private construction sector. Our members build and maintain oil, gas, and petrochemical facilities in Ohio and contiguous states in the Great Lakes and Appalachian regions. ...Read the Full Letter

February 4, 2022 - Dear Administrator Regan: I write to you on behalf of the members of the United Steelworkers union (USW). Our union is the largest industrial union in North America and the largest union in refining. We represent approximately 30,000 refinery workers who have high-wage jobs with good benefits and safety standards. Our union has been an active stakeholder on the Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) Program over the years. While we are pleased that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking steps to address neglect of this program by the prior Administration, the unintended consequences of this proposal for 2022 could have devastating consequences for USW members who work at refineries. ...Read the Full Letter

February 4, 2022  - O’Donoghue & O’Donoghue serves as general counsel for the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO (“UA” or “United Association”) and respectfully submits these comments in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA” or “Agency”) proposed Renewable Volume Obligations (“RVOs”) for 2020, 2021, and 2022 under the Renewable Fuel Standards (“RFS”) program.1 The UA, which represents over 359,000 skilled craftspeople in the plumbing and pipe fitting trades, is the leading international labor union in the energy sectors. For the reasons set forth below, we have major concerns regarding this rulemaking, including its negative impact on jobs, as well as other adverse effects the proposed standard will have on the energy sector and the economy generally. ...Read the Full Letter

February 4, 2022 - On behalf of the 95,000 Ohio Tradespeople and 132 local constrution union affiliates represented by Affiliated Construction Trades Ohio Foundation (ACT Ohio), I submit this official comment to the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule: Renewable Fuel Standard Program: RFS Annual Rules ...Read the Full Public Comment

February 4, 2022 - On behalf of North America’s Building Trades Unions, its fourteen affiliated national and international unions, and the over 3 million construction industry employees they represent, I write to express our strong concern regarding the proposed Renewable Volume Obligation (RVO) for the 2022 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) ...Read the Full Public Comment

February 4, 2022 - The following comments are being submitted on behalf of Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing, LLC (“CRRM”) and Wynnewood Refining Company (“WRC”) in response to the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA or the Agency) proposed rule, Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program ...Read the Full Public Comment

February 4, 2022 - I write to you on behalf of the members of the United Steelworkers union (USW). Our union is the largest industrial union in North America and the largest union in refining. We represent approximately 30,000 refinery workers who have high-wage jobs with good benefits and safety standards ...Read the Full Public Comment

February 4, 2022 - On behalf of the Ohio State Building & Construction Trades Council and the 95,000 Ohio Building Tradespeople and 132 local construction union affiliates we represent, I respectfully encourage your administration to lower the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Renewable Volume Obligations (RVO) for 2022 by more than 1.5 billion gallons in the final rule ...Read the Full Public Comment

February 4, 2022 - O’Donoghue & O’Donoghue serves as general counsel for the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO (“UA” or “United Association”) and respectfully submits these comments in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA” or “Agency”) proposed Renewable Volume Obligations ...Read the Full Public Comment

February 4, 2022 - The Ohio Chamber is the state’s leading business advocate, and we represent thousands of companies that do business in Ohio. Our mission is to aggressively champion free enterprise, economic competitiveness and growth for the benefit of all Ohioans ...Read the Full Public Comment

February 4, 2022- My name is David Bruce and I am the Business Manager for Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 322. I am submitting these comments to respond to the EPA's proposed 2022 Renewable Volume Obligation for conventional renewable fuels and to explain the negative impact this proposal will have on small merchant refiners like PBF Energy in Paulsboro, New Jersey ...Read the Full Public Comment

February 4, 2022 - The Ohio Chemistry Technology Council (OCTC) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rulemaking entitled “Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Renewable Fuel Standard Annual Rules” published in the Federal Register at 86 FR 72436 on December 21, 2021 ...Read the Full Letter

February 3, 2022 - As the Democratic Leader in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, I appreciate the opportunity to offer my comments in connection with EPA’s proposed rule - “Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) Program: RFS Annual Rules" ...Read the Full Public Comment

February 3, 2022 - On behalf of the more than 9,000 members of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, the largest, broad-based business advocacy organization in the Commonwealth, I’m writing to urge that the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) proposed volumes need be changed in the final rule to actually reflect market realities ...Read the Full Public Comment

February 3, 2022 - On behalf of Sauder’s Eggs, we appreciate the opportunity to submit comments in connection with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed RFS volumes, outlined in the above docket and rulemaking ...Read the Full Public Comment

February 3, 2022 - The Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association is the nonprofit, statewide trade organization representing the manufacturing sector in Pennsylvania’s public policy process. Headquartered just steps from the state capitol in Harrisburg, PMA works to improve Pennsylvania’s ability to compete with other states for investment, jobs, and economic growth ...Read the Full Public Comment

February 3, 2022 - I am submitting comments today pertaining to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recently proposed Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume requirements for 2020 through 2022 ...Read the Full Public Comment

February 3, 2022 - It is out of great concern for our regional economy, local jobs, and our nation's energy and national security that I am submitting these comments pertaining to "Renewable Fuel Standard ("RFS") Program: RFS Annual Rules," Docket ID No. EPA-HQ_OAR-2021-0324 ...Read the Full Public Comment

February 2, 2022 - Dear Administrator Regan: As a follow-up to the letter that we sent to you last year, we write today with an even greater sense of urgency. While we appreciate your recent attempts to address systemic problems with the Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) in your announcement of the proposed Renewable Volume Obligation (“RVO”), the reality is that the EPA’s proposed action has made an untenable situation even worse. We stand on the brink of losing tens of thousands of family- sustaining union jobs, along with the last few remaining refineries on the East Coast – refineries which provide our nation with vital transportations fuels home heating fuel, and other products critical to the American economy. ...Read the Full Letter

February 2, 2022 - I'd like to take this opportunity to share the perspective of a medium-sized business owner on the recently-proposed "Renewable Fuel Standard ("RFS") volumes, and why I believe that the Environmental Protection Agency's ("EPA") proposal would saddle us with additional energy-related expenses ...Read the Full Public Comment

February 2, 2022 - As a long-time Lucas County, Ohio resident, I know first-hand that manufacturing is the prime economic driver for our region. I want to see our manufacturing and agriculture sectors succeed, but the EPA’s recently proposed renewable fuel standard (RFS) renewable volume obligation (RVO) rule for 2022 will put our regional fuel supplies at risk and jeopardize high paying jobs while sending consumer fuel costs higher at the same time ...Read the Full Public Comment

February 2, 2022 - On behalf of everyone at Vallen, I’m submitting these comments in an effort to draw attention to the need for swift and meaningful reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Specifically, we respectfully request the EPA to revise the volumes found in the RFS Annual Rules, recently published under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0324 ...Read the Full Public Comment

February 2, 2022 - My name is Rick Salisbury, and I am the Business Manager for United Association Local No.50, a labor union in Northwest Ohio. I represent over 1,700 men and women in the plumbing, pipefitting, and service industry ...Read the Full Public Comment

February 2, 2022 - On behalf of the members of the Chemistry Council of New Jersey, I am writing regarding a federal issue that continues to give us cause for significant concern- the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without meaningful action soon to fix the RFS, the last remaining refineries in the Northeast could close their doors forever, taking with them thousands of direct jobs ...Read the Full Public Comment

January 31, 2022 - The following is to serve as my official comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) proposed rule titled, “Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) Program: RFS Annual Rules,” Docket ID No. EPAHQ- OAR-2021-0324, hereinafter referred to as “RFS Volumes" ...Read the Full Public Comment

January 31, 2022 - The South Jersey Chamber of Commerce (the Chamber) submits these comment in regards to the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA or the Agency) proposed rule, Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: RFS Annual Rules, Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0324, 86 Fed. Reg. 72,436 (Dec. 21, 2021) (the Proposal) ...Read the Full Public Comment

January 31, 2022 - I’d like to offer the following as my official comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) proposed rule entitled, “Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) Program: RFS Annual Rules,” Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0324, hereinafter referred to as “RFS Volumes" ...Read the Full Public Comment

January 28, 2022 - On behalf of the Delaware River port business community, this letter is to express our desire to see the EPA modify the proposed RFS volumes that will provide for greater flexibility in the RIN market, and then for the Biden Administration to take swift and meaningful action to reform the broken RFS program once and for all ...Read the Full Public Comment

January 28, 2022- The following comments are being submitted in connection with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) proposed rule entitled, “Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) Program: RFS Annual Rules,” Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0324 ...Read the Full Public Comment

January 25, 2022 - Whereas, in the last year, spiking, volatile Renewable Idenitification Number ("RIN") prices and the dramatic reduction in the use of fuel triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has been well below RFS estimates, devastating United States refiners ...Read the Full Public Comment

January 24, 2022 - On behalf of more than half a million skilled professionals that the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC) represents, I am submitting this letter as the official comment to the EPA's proposed rule entitled, "Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: RFS Annual Rules," Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0324. We encourage you to instruct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to lower the proposed Renewable Volume Obligations (RVO) for 2022 by more than 1.5 billion gallons in the final rule. EPA also needs to eliminate the proposed supplemental RVO....Read the Full Letter

January 10, 2022 - Dear Administrator Regan: As America continues to embrace cleaner energy under your leadership, I want to call your attention to the need for critical reforms to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Our regional refineries are ready to play a pivotal role in this area, but RFS threatens their existence and the thousands of union jobs they provide. I'm writing today to issue my concern about the RFS targets released last week by the EPA for 2022. ...Read the Full Letter

January 4, 2022 - Hello. My name is Martin Willis, and I'm from New Castle, Delaware. And I'm speaking for myself only. After reading in its entirety, the EPA 66-page renewable fuel standards program annual rule as it appears in the Federal Registry dated December 21st, 2021, I will like to make the following comments ...Read the Full Comment

During the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s January 4, 2022, virtual public hearing on its proposal for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: RFS Annual Rules, the Biden administration heard from several refinery workers and unions from Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New Jersey, including:...Read the Full Testimonies

During the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s public hearing on its proposed Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) for 2020, 2021 and 2022 under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), a diverse group of refinery workers, organized labor leaders, local businesses, business advocacy groups, and officeholders underscored the high stakes for independent refineries and the thousands of high-quality jobs they provide nationwide, most of them employing union members....Read the Full Document

December 22, 2021 - Dear President Biden: The International Union of Operating Engineers respectfully encourages the Administration to lower the conventional biofuels target for 2022 by one billion gallons in its Renewable Volume Obligations final rule. This move will link consumption levels and policy targets for the year, harmonizing the market for Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) while still supporting the environmental benefits of the policy....Read the Full Letter

December 15, 2021 - Dear Administrator Regan: As the State Senator of the 7th Legislative District, I want to thank you and President Biden for your dedication and leadership in protecting the environment, and request that you will help enact important reforms to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). As you know, the RFS requires renewables to be blended into our transportation fuels by domestic refineries. Unfortunately, they may have limited capabilities to do any such blending. ...Read the Full Letter

December 10, 2021 - Whereas, in the last year, spiking, volatile Renewable Identification Number ("RIN") prices and the dramatic reduction in the use of fuel triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has been well below RFS estimates, devastating United States refiners, which led to a shortage of RINs and eight refinery closures across the country ...Read the Full Letter

November 22, 2021 - Dear Adminstrator Regan: Thank you for your continued work to protect and improve our country's envornmnet. As America continues to embrace cleaner energy under your leadership, I want to call your attention to the need for critical reforms to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) before it's too late for our reigons refiners....Read the Full Letter

November 20, 2021 - Dear Administrator Regan: Thank you for your continued work to protect and improve our country’s environment. We would like to call your attention to the need for critical reforms to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) before it's too late for our reigonal and South Jersey refiners....Read the Full Letter

November 17, 2021 - Dear Administrator Regan: On behalf of the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA) and our nearly 1,000 member companies, we are writing you to express our strong support for meaningful reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). For many years, the RFS has not lived up to its original purpose, and the recent spike in Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) credit costs has created a dire scenario for the independent refineries that supply the Northeast....Read the Full Letter

November 15, 2021 - Dear Administrator Regan: On behalf of our members and their employees, the Pocono Chamber of Commerce strongly supports critical reforms to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Our members, and countless other businesses in Pennsylvania and beyond, count on the critical fuel supply our region’s refineries produce to help their companies and employees succeed....Read the Full Letter

November 9, 2021 - Dear Administrator Regan: On behalf of the constituents in my district, I want to thank you for your stewardship of the EPA, especially your effoyrts to protect and improve the environment in our communities and across our great nation. I'm writing today to ask for your immediate attention to the need for critical reforms to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), before time runs out for our regional refineries. Thses facilities are vital to our enerfy and national security, and they are ready to play a pivotal role in the transition to renewable fuel production - but they will never have this opportunity unless swift action is taken to reform the RFS. ...Read the Full Letter

October 22, 2021 - Dear Mr. President: As Members of the Delaware County Democratic Delegation of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, we write today to ask your support for independent refineries and the family-sustaining union jobs they create by considering reforms to the Renewable Identification Number (RIN) markets. While RIN reforms would benefit local refineries nationwide, this issue is of particular importance to our constituents, many of whom work at Monroe Energy in the city of Chester. As you know, domestically sold highway transportation fuels are mandated by the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuels, including ethanol. ...Read the Full Letter.

October 22, 2021 - Dear Administrator Regan: For more than a century, the New Jersy Motor Truck Association (NJMTA) has promoted the New Jersey trucking industry. Today we represent more than 450 fleets and 200 allied members that employ well over 40,000 people. Our mission is to foster and promote the sound economical and efficent service by motor cirrer transportation. We're writing today to thank you for your leadership and ask that you help control fuel costs by reforming the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for domestic oil refineries....Read the Full Letter

October 21, 2021 - Dear Mr. President: Thank you for your ongoing leadership of our great nation and humble dedication to public service. As county elected officials from the Greater Philadelphia region, home to more than 4 million people, we are heartened that you have provided tremendous support during your long career to the men and women working union jobs. Your advocacy has helped to advance the lives of countless working families, especially those in our region....Read the Full Letter

October 12, 2021 - Dear President Biden: There is a pressing need to reduce the cost of the federal biofuel mandate, known as the Renewable Fuels Standard, before gas prices grow even higher and jobs are lost due to this public-policy problem. Specifically, the International Union of Operating Engineers requests that the Administration temporarily adjust the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) to solve this problem in the short term. The Administration should shave one billion gallons off the RFS ethanol requirement for last year, another billion-gallon reduction for this year and the same adjustment for 2022 to temporarily solve this problem....Read the Full Letter

October 7, 2021 - Dear Adminstrator Regan: Please accept this correspondence expressing the County of Cumberland's strong support for RFS reform. Simply put, the RFS is broken...Read the Full Letter

October 6, 2021 - Dear Administrator Regan: We applaud your efforts to transition to a clean energy future and create good, family-sustaining jobs. As we work towards this goal, we also must highlight the need to protect against market disruptions that threaten the livelihoods of workers. Therefore, we write to you today out of concern for our constituents, both employees and employers, who drive the refining industry in New Jersey and throughout the region. Recently, Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs), which refiners in the state and region rely on, have skyrocketed in price, threatening the stability of the industry. Without reform, refiners are at risk of closing, jeopardizing the wages of New Jersey residents. Moreover, the high cost of RINs could lead to further refinery closures and a loss of domestic refining capacity that could put America’s military readiness at risk. Therefore, we urge you to take action to protect America’s workers and our national security....Read the Full Letter

October 6, 2021 - Dear Administrator Regan: On behalf of the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, an affiliate of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, we write to you to express our strong support for meaningful reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). For many years, the RFS has not functioned in accordance with its original intent, and the recent spike in Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) credit costs has created a dire scenario for the independent refineries that supply the Northeast....Read the Full Letter

September 28, 2021 - Dear Administrator Regan: Like you, we deeply care about doing all we can to protect and improve the environment in which we live, work, and play in Cumberland County, NJ. As a county, we have made great strides in this area and we look forward to continuing these efforts in the future. As our country transitions into a greener energy future, our regional refineries are posed to play a leading role in this effort. However, they face an existential crisis that needs your urgent attention. ...Read the Full Letter

September 28, 2021 - Dear Mr. Regan: Thank you for your leadership and devotion to public service. On behalf of the Pennsylvania Bus Association and the Greater New Jersey Motorcoach Association, we implore you to help control fuel costs by enacting critical reforms to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for domestic oil refineries. Our industry depends on them to produce countless products that help Americans in limitless ways....Read the Full Letter

September 24, 2021 - Dear Adminstrator Regan: On behalf of Iron Workers Local Union 451, I am writing to express the urgent need for swift and meaningful action to reform the Renewable Fuel Standard ("RFS")...Read the Full Letter

September 24, 2021 - Dear Administrator Regan: On behalf of our 900 members and their more than 130,000 employees, the Harrisburg Regional Chamber and Capital Region Economic Development Corporation (CREDC) strongly supports critical reforms to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The RFS requires American independent refineries, including ones that support the employment of thousands of Pennsylvanians, to incorporate more renewables into the domestic fuel supply. We should also note that our members, and countless other businesses in Pennsylvania, count on this fuel supply to help their companies and employees succeed....Read the Full Letter

September 22, 2021 - Dear Adminstrator Regan: I am writing to you on behalf of the businessess, large and small, that the Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce represents due to a federal issue that is giving us cause for significant concern - the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)....Read the Full Letter

September 20, 2021 - Dear Mr. President: We are writing today as members of the Pennsylvania congressional delegation to express our concern for the stability of America’s energy supply, our national security and the thousands of jobs (both union and nonunion) which depend on the refining industry in the Northeast....Read the Full Letter

September 16, 2021 - Dear Mr. President:  We write today as members of the Pennsylvania congressional delegation to express our concern for independent refiners. We urge your administration to consider reforms to the Renewable Identification Number credits (RINs) markets to protect the good-paying union jobs provided by Monroe and similar independent refineries....Read the Full Letter

September 1st, 2021 - Whereas, in the last year, spiking, volatile Renewable Identification Number ("RIN") prices and the dramatic reduction in the use of fuel triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has been well below RFS estimates, devastating United States refiners, which led to a shortage of RINs and eight refinery closures across the country ... Read the Full Letter

September 1, 2021: Dear Administrator Regan:  On behalf of Pennsylvania’s manufacturers, we write to urge you to support important refroms to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The current structure of the RFS is threatening American energy independence, while also impacting countless businesses that contract with refineries for goods, services, and an affordable and reliable energy supply....Read the Full Letter

September 1, 2021 - Dear Administrator Regan: Today, we are writing you regarding the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). There is a pressing need for the Agency to act swiftly in granting petitions that several governors submitted to partially waive the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume mandate to prevent severe economic harm throughout the nation, and in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions in particular....Read the Full Letter

August 31, 2021 - Dear Administrator Regan: On behalf of over 4,500 members of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 21, I am writing to express the urgent need for swift and meaningful action to reform the Renewable Fuel Standard ("RFS"). Local refineries are key partners for our union and regularly provide high-quality work opportunities for our members....Read the Full Letter

August 31, 2021 - Dear Adminstrator Regan: On behalf of the hundreds of members of the Laborers' Internaitonal Union of North America Local 413 (LIUNA), I am writing to express the urgent need for swift and meaningful action to reform the Renewable Fuel Standard ("RFS")....Read the Full Letter

August 31, 2021 - Dear Adminstrator Regan: On behalf of nearly 700 members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 654 ("Local 654"), I am riting to express the urgent need for swift and meaningful action to reform the Renewable Fuel Standard ("RFS")....Read the Full Letter

August 26, 2021 - Dear Congresswoman Scanlon: On behalf of the management and employees at AIM Mechanical (AIM), I’m writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our company. For over sixteen years, AIM has provided industrial maintenance services to the in our region. ...Read the Full Letter

August 23, 2021 - We write today to urge you to take steps to alleviate the harm imposed by the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Obligated parties subject to the onerous requirements of the RFS have been facing historically high compliance costs, which threaten the viability of these entities' continued operations. In light of COVID-19's impact on the demand for refined product and the burden of RFS compliance, we urge you to waive or significantly reduce the renewable volume obligation (RVO) for compliance year 2020, and set the 2021 and 2022 RVOs at levels that comport with reality....Read the Full Letter

August 16, 2021 - Dear Administrator Regan: Our Chamber is proud to join the growing non-partisan groups of business, civic and labor leaders requesting that the EPA and the Biden Administration take swift and meaningful action to reform the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)....Read the Full Letter

August 12, 2021 - Dear Administrator Regan: On behalf of Pennsylvania’s chemical manufacturers, I ask that you please consider reforms to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The business of chemistry and associated downstream markets rely on fuels for transportation, power, and feedstock....Read the Full Letter

August 10, 2021 - Dear Congresswoman Houlahan: On behalf of everyone at Weston Solutions (Weston), I'm writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). We support the local refineries’ goal of obtaining relief from the economic hardship of the current renewable fuel blending requirements. Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region's last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs. We advocate that the administration set achievable annual RFS volume standards and favorably respond to the refiners’ petitions for economic relief. ...Read the Full Letter

August 4, 2021 - Dear Administrator Regan: On behalf of the Board of Directors, and members of the African American Chamber of Commerce of PA, NJ, & DE (AACC) we are corresponding with you because of a federal issue that is a cause for considerable concern - the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without action soon to fix the RFS, the last remaining refineries in the Northeast could close their doors forever, taking with them thousands of direct jobs and tens of thousands of indirect jobs at a time when our members are just beginning to recover from the pandemic....Read the Full Letter

July 28, 2021 - Dear Congresswoman Scanlon: On behalf of everyone at US Environmental, I’m writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our company. ...Read the Full Letter

July 30, 2021 - Dear Administrator Regan: I’m writing on behalf of the New Castle County Chamber of Commerce urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to advance needed reforms to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)....Read the Full Letter

July 16, 2021 - Dear Administrator Regan: On behalf of the Chemistry Council of New Jersey, I am writing to you of our membership in regard to a federal issue that continues to give us cause for significant concern - the Renewable Fuel Standard RFS). Without action soon to fix the RFS, the last remaining refineries in the Northeast could close their doors forever, taking with them thousands of direct jobs and tens of thousands of indirect jobs at a time when our region has begun to recover from the pandemic....Read the Full Letter

July 14, 2021 - Dear Administrator Regan: On behalf of the Board of Directors, and members of the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey (AACCNJ) we are corresponding with you because of a federal issue that is a cause for considerable concern - the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without action soon to fix the RFS, the last remaining refineries in the Northeast could close their doors forever, taking with them thousands of direct jobs and tens of thousands of indirect jobs at a time when our members are just beginning to recover from the pandemic....Read the Full Letter

July 13, 2021 - Dear President Biden, on behalf of the more than half a million skilled professionals that the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America represents, I am writing today because there is a pressing need for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to partially waive the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume mandate....Read the Full Letter

June 23, 2021 - Dear Congresswoman Dean: On behalf of everyone at Swagelok Penn, I’m writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our company. ...Read the Full letter

July 6, 2021 - Dear Congresswoman Scanlon: As President of Vallen North America, I’m writing to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). We fully support environmental protection and the EPA; however, the current form of the RFS has made Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) a commodity. In particular, the RFS in its current form threatens the continued viability of independent refiners, especially in the Northeast, and it is therefore a direct threat to the economic well-being of our company as well. ...Read the Full Letter

June 28, 2021 - Dear Administrator Regan: On behalf of the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia, I write to urge the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reduce the nationwide Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume mandates to provide critical relief to our region's refineries....Read the Full Letter

June 2, 2021 - On behalf of the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce, I am writing to express our support for reforming the Renewable Fuel Standard ("RFS"). In its current state, the RFS is causing an unprecedented financial hardship to America's independent refiners, especially those in the Northeast....Read the Full Letter

June 22, 2021 - There is a pressing need for the Agency to act swiftly in granting petitions that several governors submitted to partially waive the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume mandate in order to prevent severe economic harm throughout the nation, and in the Northeast and MidAtlantic regions in particular....Read the Full Letter

June 18, 2021 - Dear Congresswoman Scanlon: On behalf of everyone at the Delaware Bay and River Cooperative (DBRC), I’m writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our organization.  ...Read the Full Letter

June 17, 2021 - Dear Governor Wolf: On behalf of everyone at US Training Consultants (“USTC”), I’m writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our company. Our company is a certified Women Owned Small Business founded in 2015 and provides safety training services to the refining sector. ...Read the Full Letter

June 7, 2021 - Dear Administrator Regan: On behalf of the Delaware River port business community, this letter is to express our desire to see the Biden Administration take swift and meaningful action to reform the Federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The RFS is not currently operating as Congress intended; without reform, the livelihoods of thousands of people are at risk, and the economic vitality of the tristate region will suffer significant negative consequences....Read the Full Letter

June 3, 2021 - Dear Adminstrator Regan, On behalf of the more than 9,000 members of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, the largest, broad-based business advocacy organization in the Commonwealth, I’m writing to again express our desire to see the Biden Administration take swift and meaningful action to reform the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)....Read the Full Letter

June 2, 2021 - Dear President Biden: On behalf of the more than 3 million skilled craft professionals that comprise the 14 affiliates of North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU), we are writing today because there is a dire need for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to partially waive the federal Renew- able Fuel Standard (RFS) volume mandate....Read the Full Letter

June 1, 2021 - Dear Administrator Regan: As we have discussed, New Jersey is committed to a 100 percent clean energy future, and has taken several actions to accelerate decarbonization of the transportation sector with the goal of significantly reducing greenhouse gas and criteria air pollutants while also creating new opportunities to invest in our future and grow the economy....Read the Full Letter

March 2, 2020 - Administrator Wheeler: I am writing you to express my concern about the recent decision from the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals which ended the small refinery exemption ("SRE") under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard. This is of great concern to me as several entities that are vital to Oklahoma's economy...Read the Full Letter

May 21, 2021 - Dear Administrator Regan: On behalf of the Pilots’ Association for the Bay & River Delaware and the Delaware River port business community, this letter is to express our desire to see the Biden Administration take swift and meaningful action to reform the Federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The RFS is not currently operating as Congress intended; without reform, the livelihoods of thousands of people are at risk, and the economic vitality of the tristate region will suffer significant negative consequences....Read the Full Letter

May 18, 2021 - Dear Administrator Regan: On behalf of the Delaware River port business community, this letter is to express our desire to see the Biden Administration take swift and meaningful action to reform the Federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)....Read the Full Letter

May 10, 2021 - On behalf of the 125,000 skilled craft professionals that constitute the Philadelphia, Delaware and Southern New Jersey Building Trades Unions, we write today because we need your help. There is a pressing need for the Agency to act swiftly in granting petitions that several governors submitted to partially waive the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume mandate in order to prevent severe economic harm throughout the nation, and in the Northeast and Mid- Atlantic regions in particular...Read the Full Letter

April 30, 2021 - Dear Adminstrator Regan, On behalf of 1,185 skilled Boilermakers that constitute the Phildelphia and Delaware Buliding Trades Unions, we were today because we need your help. There is a pressing need for the Agency to act swiftly in granting peitions that several governors submitted to partially waive the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume mandate to prevent sever econoichardm throughout the nation, in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic reigons....Read the Full Letter

April 27, 2021 - Dear Adminstrator Regan: I write today on behlaf of the Mchanical and Service Contractors Association of Eastern Pennsylvania (M&SCA of Eastern PA regardig the pressing need for the Agency to act swiftly in granting petitions that several governors submitted to partially waive the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume madate in order to prevent sever economic harm throughout the nation, and in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic reigons in particular....Read the Full Letter

March 25, 2021 - Dear Administrator Regan, We write today to urge you to use your general waiver authority under Section 211(o)(7)(A)(i) of the Clean Air Act to waive or significantly reduce the renewable volume obligations (RVO) under the Renewable Fuel Standard. We request your timely consideration of this request as obligated parties under the RFS struggle with muted demand for refined petroleum products and skyrocketing compliance costs...Read the Full Letter

March 22, 2021 - We ask that during this during this difficult period for our nation’s independent refiners – which employ tens of thousands of Americans and are struggling to comply with this important program – you and the team at EPA listen to their concerns, work to stabilize the RFS markets and give due consideration to RFS compliance flexibility....Read the Full Letter

February 18, 2021 - To Whom It May Concern: I write to thank you for opening this docket, and to reiterate my request that EPA exercise discretion under Clean Air Act Section 211(o)(7)(A)(i) to reduce the nationwide Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) volume mandates to provide relief to refiners in Pennsylvania and elsewhere that continue to be severely harmed by the volume requirements under the RFS...Read the Full Comments

February 4, 2021 - The Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council is the umbrella organization for more than 50 member local unions that work in the construction industry in the greater Philadelphia region. Our organization represents tens of thousands of highly skilled workers. Petroleum refining is one of the major industries that our members support in the tristate region...Read the Full Comments

February 18, 2021 - PBF Energy Inc. (“PBF”) respectfully submits these comments in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) request for comment regarding Petitions for a Waiver of the 2019 and 2020 Renewable Fuel Standards (EPA–HQ–OAR–2020–0322; FRL–10011–04–OAR) (the “Waiver Petitions”). PBF is a member of the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (“AFPM”) and incorporates by reference into its comments herein AFPM’s comments dated February 2, 2018 (the “AFPM comment letter”). PBF’s comments herein are intended to complement and emphasize those raised in the AFPM comment letter and its previously submitted comments...Read the Full Comments

February 18, 2021 - As Members of the Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation, we respectfully express our support for Governor Wolf’s May 11, 2020, petition with the EPA, requesting it address severe economic harm in our State and region by issuing a waiver from Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume mandates under the Clean Air Act. We further offer our support for separately filed petitions by the Governor of Louisiana, and the Governors of Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming, seeking relief...Read the Full Comments

February 18, 2021 - Monroe Energy, LLC (“Monroe”) respectfully submits these comments on the petitions for a severe-economic-harm waiver of the Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) obligations for 2019 and 2020. Monroe owns a refinery in southeastern Pennsylvania and is an obligated party under the RFS program...Read the Full Comments

February 18, 2021 - HollyFrontier submits these comments in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA” or the “Agency”) Notice of Receipt of Petitions for a Waiver of the 2019 and 2020 Renewable Fuel Standards. 86 Fed. Reg. 5,182 (Jan. 19, 2021). As EPA indicated in its notice, the Agency received petitions requesting EPA to invoke its authority under Clean Air Act section 211(o)(7)(A) and waive the 2019 and 2020 Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) obligations to prevent severe harm...Read the Full Comments

February 17, 2021 - On behalf of the thousands members of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, the largest, broad-based business advocacy organization in the Commonwealth, I write to request you grant for Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf’s petition to address severe economic harm by issuing a waiver from Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume mandates...Read the Full Comments

February 16, 2021 - These comments are submitted on behalf of the 850,000 members of the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (“United Steelworkers”, “Steelworkers”, or “USW”). The USW represents working people across multiple sectors, including approximately two thirds of domestic petroleum refining, accounting for 30,000 high wage, community supporting jobs at over 75 locations across the country...Read the Full Comments

February 12, 2021 - On behalf of 30 the Local Unions and more than 24,000 members of the Delaware County Labor Council, I’m writing to express our strong support for Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf’s petition to address severe economic harm by issuing a waiver from Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume mandates. This issue is critically important to the economic vitality of our region and to our nation’s energy security...Read the Full Comments

February 10, 2021 - As the business manager of the Steamfitters Local Union 420 which represents over 4,600 highly skilled craftsmen, I can tell you firsthand that many of my members depend on facilities like Monroe Energy for their livelihoods. Over the years, jobs at our local refineries have provided life-changing opportunities...Read the Full Comments

February 4, 2021 - As the President of the USW Local 10-234 representing nearly 200 union brothers and sisters at Monroe Energy’s refinery in Trainer, Pennsylvania, I’m writing in full support of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf’s petition to address severe economic harm by issuing a waiver from Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume mandates. Our members’ jobs, their families and our region rely on the economic vitality of the refinery...Read the Full Comments

October 21, 2020 - Dear Administrator Wheeler, We write to urge you to use your authorities under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to ensure obligations imposed on refineries under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) provide regulatory certainty for 2021, do not exceed the "blend wall" of ethanol's proportion of actually marketable fuel blends...Read the Full Letter

September 28, 2020 - “This week the Trump EPA made the decision to deny gap year small refinery exemption (SRE) waivers, combined with the agency’s refusal to appeal the 10th Circuit decision earlier this year on SRE waivers, essentially killing the SRE provisions of the EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) program. “While President Trump campaigns that he is a friend to energy workers, his administration’s policy decisions on the RFS program are hurting our members in refining and will not have the positive impact on farming he is promising. His decisions simply do not match his rhetoric...Real the Full Statement

August 24, 2020 - Dear Mr. President: In Iowa last week you indicated that you would speak with EPA about the pending petitions for small refinery hardship relief under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). In doing so, we urge you not to abandon your commitment to small refineries and to the employees and the rural communities that we serve. Instead, we ask that you resist efforts to harm the critical energy infrastructure you have fought so hard to protect during your Presidency under the false premise that doing so will help farmers...Read the Full Letter

May 29, 2020 - Dear Administrator Wheeler: As of April 15, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) had before it waivers to the renewable volume obligation (“RVO”) of the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”), requested by the Governors of Louisiana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. These waiver requests are based upon a demonstration of “severe economic harm” as referenced in Section 211(o)(7) of the Clean Air Act (“the Act”)...Read the Full Letter

May 19, 2020 - Dear Administrator Wheeler: We write to urge you to use your authority under the Clean Air Act to waive or significantly reduce the renewable fuel volume obligations (RVOs) on America’s refineries for the 2020 compliance year. Since March, the United States has experienced an unprecedented drop in the demand for gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. At the same time, the cost of complying with the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) has nearly tripled since January 2, 2020...Read the Full Letter

May 15, 2020 - Dear Administrator Wheeler: We write supporting the requests of several governors to waive the renewable fuel program requirements in section 211(o)(2) of the Clean Air Act. Waiving these requirements in times of severe market distress, especially those brought about by a global pandemic, is clearly justified by law and circumstance...Read the Full Letter

May 11, 2020 - Dear Administrator Wheeler: As members of the Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming delegations to Congress, we are writing you today to respectfully encourage the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to quickly review requests made by our states to reduce the renewable volume obligation (RVO) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)...Read the Full Letter

May 11, 2020 - I write to reiterate my request of November 2, 2018, that you exercise the waiver authority in Clean Air Act Section 211(o)(7)(A)(i) to reduce the nationwide Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) volume mandates to provide relief to refiners in Pennsylvania and elsewhere that are struggling to remain operational given the current and proposed volume requirements. The statutory deadline for a response to my petition passed almost fourteen months ago, and, in the interim, EPA has finalized both 2019 and 2020 RFS volume requirements that further underscore the urgent need for a severe-economic-harm waiver...Read the Full Letter

April 28, 2020 - Dear Administrator Wheeler, I’m pleased to hear that EPA is considering a temporary waiver of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) ethanol blending mandate in response to the devastating impact of COVID-19 on global oil markets. Eliminating these burdensome mandates during this time of crisis is necessary if the Nation intends to retain its energy independence moving forward. Beyond the immediate benefits for the energy industry and its workers, this action would lower consumer food prices at a time when millions of Americans are suffering from severe financial hardship...Read the Full Letter

April 28, 2020 - Dear Mr. President: We write in strong support of the swift action your administration has taken in order to remove unnecessary barriers and red tape to improve COVID-19 response and economic recovery. The pandemic has underscored the need for permanent regulatory reform in a variety of areas, and we agree that work to expand prosperity on behalf of the American people must continue. 1 One area that warrants immediate attention is the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)...Read the Full Letter

April 22, 2020 - Dear Administrator Wheeler: On behalf of our City of Oregon, and in light of circumstances facing our state and the nation as a whole due to the COVID-19 epidemic, I write requesting you use your authority to immediately waive the renewable volume obligation (RVO) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) as authorized...Read the Full Letter

April 22, 2020 - Dear Administrator Wheeler: On behalf of our City of Toledo, and in light of economic circumstances facing our state and the nation as a whole due to the COVID-19 epidemic, I write requesting you use your authority to immediately waive the renewable volume obligation (RVO) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) as authorized...Read the Full Letter

April 16, 2020 - The Domestic Energy Producers Alliance (DEPA) supports the request made by the Governors of Texas, Utah, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Wyoming formally asking U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler for an expedited waiver of the renewable volume obligation (RVO)* under the Renewable Fuel Standard RFS consistent with Section 211(o)(7) of CAA in order to address severe economic harm compounded by the current national emergency...Read the Full Press Release

April 15, 2020 - Dear Administrator Wheeler: On behalf of our States, and in light of economic circumstances facing our States and the Nation as a whole, please expedite this request for a waiver of the renewable volume obligation (RVO) under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) as authorized under Section 211(o)(7) of the Clean Air Act (CAA)(42 U.S.C. §7545(o)(7)) as amended by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Under this waiver provision...Read the Full Letter

April 7, 2020 - Dear Administrator Wheeler: On behalf of our States, and in light of economic circumstances facing our States and the Nation as a whole, please expedite this request for a waiver of the renewable volume obligation  (RVO) under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)...Read the Full Letter

March 22, 2020 - Dear Administrator Wheeler: As members of the Texas Delegation to Congress, we are writing to strongly encourage the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to continue to press the case for regulatory relief available to small refinieres...Read the Full Letter

March 6, 2020 - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Pat Toomey (R-Penn.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.), and James Lankford (R-Okla.) today issued a statement following reports that President Trump will appeal the Tenth Circuit’s decision on small refineries: “We’re encouraged by the reports that the administration will appeal the Tenth Circuit’s decision on small refineries,” the senators said...Read the Full Statement

March 5, 2020 - Dear Mr. President: Utah is consistently recognized for its top-rated economy and high quality of life. Utah’s forward-looking, market based energy policy, which your administration has championed, is at the heart of Utah’s successful formula. Utah appreciates your commitment to supporting sufficient state flexibility under the EPA’s Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) program to remain economically viable while also achieving environmental goals through innovative and effective solutions tailored to local needs...Read the Full Letter

March 3, 2020 - Dear Mr. President: We write to you regarding the neccessary preservation of small refinery exemptions ("SREs") under the Clean Air Act. It has been reported that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") will apply the Tenth Circuit's holding in Renewable Fuels Association, et al. v. EPA nationwide. We respectfully ask that you reconsider this decision, as it will jeopardize or otherwise end small refinery hardship relief and result in the loss of countless jobs of those Americans that contribute to the energy independence of the U.S. economy....Read the Full Letter

March 3, 2020 - Dear Administrator Wheeler: It is our understanding that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may be considering changes to the small refinery exemptions (SREs) available under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).  It is already our view that EPA' s decision to prospectively reallocate 770 million gallons in potential SREs in the 2020 renewable volume obligation (RVO) was imprudent and misguided.  Now, EPA would risk compounding this error by not issuing SREs equal to this amount, thereby massively increasing the burden placed on U.S. refineries...Read the Full Letter

February 29, 2020 - Dear President Trump: As mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming, I write today to express my concern that the Environmental Protection Agency is being pressured to eliminate the relief program that exists to help small refineries avoid severe economic hardship from the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). It is being discussed that the EPA is going to give up their right to appeal a court ruling that undermines the RFS relief program and thereby apply this court’s ruling to the entire country. I respectfully ask for your intervention by not allowing them to do so....Read the Full Letter

February 28, 2020 - Dear President Trump: I write concerning media reports that the Administration is exploring changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program due to a recent decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Wyoming is home to five refineries that are disproportionately harmed by the RFS...Read the Full Letter

February 27, 2020 - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), along with a dozen other senators, sent a letter to President Trump urging him to file a petition for a rehearing of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit’s decision to invalidate hardship relief for small refineries under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)...Read the Full Letter

December 2, 2019 - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler to express his opposition to the agency’s recent proposal regarding the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). EPA recently proposed to reallocate the blending obligations of small refineries, which receive hardship relief under the RFS, to refineries (small and large), which do not receive or are ineligible for hardship relief...Read the Full Letter

November 29, 2019 - The Valero Energy Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively, “Valero”) submit these comments on EPA’s Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2020 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2021, and Response to the Remand of the 2016 Standards. Valero’s unique position as a refiner, importer, exporter, marketer and renewable diesel and ethanol producer means that Valero views the RFS program from several perspectives that can be helpful to EPA in evaluating and considering issues in the RFS program...Read the Full Letter

November 29, 2019 - PBF Holding Company LLC, a subsidiary of PBF Energy Inc. (“PBF”), respectfully submits these comments in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) “Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2020 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2021, and Response to the Remand of the 2016 Standards; Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking” (EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0136;FRL– 10001–36–OAR) (the “proposed supplemental RVO” or “proposed supplemental”). PBF is a member of and acknowledges the comments submitted by the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) (the “AFPM comment letter”)...Read the Full Letter

November 29, 2019 - The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (“AFPM”) submits these comments in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA” or “Agency”) Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Supplemental Proposal”) referenced above.1 AFPM’s members operate approximately 110 refineries - accounting for more than 95 percent of U.S. refining capacity - that produce the gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and petrochemical building blocks for thousands of products that make innovation and progress possible...Read the Full Letter

November 27, 2019 - Monroe Energy, LLC (“Monroe”) respectfully submits these comments on EPA’s Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Supplemental Notice”) with respect to the Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) program for 2020. Monroe owns a refinery in southeastern Pennsylvania and is an obligated party under the RFS program...Read the Full Letter

November 27, 2019 - These comments are submitted on behalf of the 850,000 members of the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (“United Steelworkers” or “USW”). The USW represents working people across multiple sectors, including approximately two thirds of domestic petroleum refining, accounting for 30,000 well-paying, community supporting jobs at over 75 locations across the country, and also represents workers in the biofuel industry at ethanol facilities...Read the Full Letter

November 26, 2019 - HollyFrontier Corporation (“HollyFrontier”) is pleased to provide the following comments on Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, “Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2020 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2021, and Response to the Remand of the 2016 Standards” (“Supplemental Notice”) Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0136-0021. 84 Fed. Reg. 57,677 (October 29, 2019). As detailed below, HollyFrontier opposes upward adjustments of the 2020 standards based on estimated projections of the volume of gasoline and diesel that will be exempt in 2020 due to small refinery exemptions...Read the Full Letter

November 26, 2019 - We are concerned by the recent actions of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that seem to undermine the regulatory relief required under the Clean Air Act (the Act) and the promises by President Trump to protect refinery jobs in light of the potentially adverse effects of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Your October 15, 2019, Proposed Volumes for 2020 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2021: Supplemental Notice...Read the Full Letter

October 28, 2019 - On behalf of the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council and the more than 100,000 skilled men and women it represents, I am writing to express deep concern regarding the House Energy & Commerce Committee Environment & Climate Change Subcommittee's upcoming hearing entitled, "Protecting the RFS: The Trump Administration's Abuse of Secret Waivers," will only served to attack elements of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program that...Read the Full Statement

October 28, 2019 - On behalf of the 850,000 members of the United Steelworkers (USW), our union submits the following comments to the Subcommittee on the Environment and Climate Change regarding the October 29th hearing on "Protecting the RFS: The Trump Administration's Abuse of Secret Waivers." While the subject of transparency in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is important, our union is concerned about the limited scope of this hearing...Read the Full Statement

October 4, 2019 - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued a statement following the administration’s announcement rolling back regulatory relief for independent and small refineries: “I am disappointed that the administration intends to roll back the regulatory relief President Trump recently provided to our nation’s independent refineries...Read the Full Statement

October 4, 2019 - Today, Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), issued the following statement in response to the administration announcing a series of steps to change biofuel mandates under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)...Read the Full Statement

September 24, 2019 - On behalf of the Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma and our 1,300 member companies representing tens of thousands Oklahoma families who work in the oil and natural gas industry, I write to share our concerns with the misguided proposals some within your administration are advocating for related to Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) hardship waivers granted by the EPA...Read the Full Letter

September 24, 2019 - I am writing you today on behalf of the New Mexico Oil & Gas Association, (NMOGA) a coalition of more than 1,000 oil and natural gas comapnies operating in New Mexico. The oil and gas industry supports over 100,000 jobs in New Mexico, the majority of which are in communities that align with your America First energy policies...Read the Full Letter

September 24, 2019 - Today, the Institute for Energy Research (IER) announced it has filed a second open records request with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to compel the release of certain documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) related to the agency’s involvement in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) regulatory process...Read the Full Statement

September 23, 2019 - The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (“AFPM”) submits these comments in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA’s”) Section 610 Review of “Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Changes to Renewable Fuel Standard Program.” 1 AFPM is a national trade association whose members comprise virtually all United States refining and petrochemical manufacturing capacity. AFPM members are directly regulated as obligated parties under the Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) and will be substantially affected by the outcome of EPA’s 610 Review...Read the Full Letter

September 23, 2019 - PBF Holding Company LLC, a subsidiary of PBF Energy Inc. (“PBF”), respectfully submits these comments in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) “Section 610 Review of the Renewable Fuel Standard Program” (EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0168-0001) (“the review”). PBF is a member of and acknowledges the comments submitted by the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) (the “AFPM comment letter”). PBF’s comments are intended to complement and emphasize those raised in the AFPM comment letter. PBF’s comments addresses relevant issues from the unique perspective of its role as a merchant refiner...Read the Full Letter

September 16, 2019 - Utah is consistently recognized for its vibrant economy and high quality of life. Like you, I recognize the important role of energy in dirving economic opportunities. I also appreciate your administration's support of state leadership to advance smart, market-based solutions to meet local challenges...Read the Full Letter

September 12, 2019 - We are proud to be refinery managers, responsible for safely manufacturing the gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, heating oil, and other products that keep the U.S. economy moving and that serve as the foundational elements of modern life. Our refineries are the lifeblood of the communities that we call home...Read the Full Letter

September 12, 2019 - The undersigned write to object to several of the proposals under consideration regarding the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). It is time for the special favors for the ethanol industry to end. The EPA has already illegally allowed E15 fuels to benefit from a year-round waiver from generally applicable clean air regulations, despite statute clearly granting such a waiver only to E10 blends...Read the Full Letter

September 12, 2019 - We write today to thank you for your work to ensure small refineries are not harmed by the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) mandate and express concern that your administration is considering actions that would undermine this good work. Any reallocation of volumes from statutory...Read the Full Letter

September 7, 2019 - On behalf of the 18,000 members of the Delaware County Labor Council, I'm writing to express concern regarding recent press reports which could threaten the manufacturing jobs you promised to protect. Our Labor Council...Read the Full Letter

September 6, 2019 - On behalf of the 1.2 million active and retired members of the United Steelworkers, I write to express concern regarding the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and recent reports of possible Administrative action to the RFS. As the largest union in the refining sector, representing roughly two-thirds of domestic refining capacity, we are concerned about potential impacts to small refineries and the threat to union jobs in multiple states...Read the Full Letter

September 6, 2019 - We are writing in regards to the importance of Small Refinery Exemptions (SREs), which are issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to qualifying refineries with less than 75,000 barrels pery day throughput. When Congress...Read the Full Letter

September 3, 2019 - I am writing on behalf of a coalition of small refinery owners to share their appreciation for your administration’s decision to protect critical energy infrastructure and many thousands of stable and high-paying manufacturing jobs by granting small refinery hardship relief under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)...Read the Full Letter

September 3, 2019 - Today, Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), issued the following statement in response to reports the administration plans to unveil a series of steps to change biofuel mandates under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)...Read the Full Statement

August 30, 2019 - PBF Holding Company LLC, a subsidiary of PBF Energy Inc. (“PBF”), respectfully submits these comments in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) “Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2020 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2021, Response to the Remand of the 2016 Standards, and Other Changes,” (EPA–HQ–OAR–2019–0136; FRL–9996–53–OAR) (the “proposed RVO”)...Read the Full Statement

August 30, 2019 - The Valero Energy Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively, “Valero”) submit these comments on EPA’s proposed rule Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2020 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2021, Response to the Remand of the 2016 Standards, and Other Changes. Valero’s unique position as a refiner, importer, exporter, marketer and biodiesel and ethanol producer means that Valero views the RFS program from several perspectives that can be helpful to EPA in evaluating and considering issues in the RFS program...Read the Full Statement

August 30, 2019 - The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers represents American workers in industrial construction, repair, and maintenance, including in many of our nation's refineries. Our members are highly skilled...Read the Full Letter

August 30, 2019 - HollyFrontier Corporation is an independent petroleum refiner that produces high-value light products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, specialty lubricant products and specialty and modified asphalt. HollyFrontier also operates...Read the Full Letter

August 30, 2019 - On behalf of the 355,000 members of the United Association of the Plumbing and Pipefitting  Industry  of  the United  States and  Canada  (UA), I write  regarding my  continued  concern with  the  renewable  fuel  standard  and  the  small  refinery  exemptions  that  your  administration  has  successfully implemented.       We  are  writing  to  emphasize  that  we  are  in  complete  agreement  with  the  attached  letter  from  the  American  Fuel  &  Petrochemical  Manufacturers  (AFPM)  and  the  American  Petroleum  Institute  (API).    The  facts  are  clear  that  there  has  been  NO  reduction  in  biofuel  consumption  associated with the Small Refinery Exemptions (SREs)...Read the Full Letter

August 28, 2019 - As some of the nation's largest ethanol producers, we write today to thank you for your continued support of the entire U.S. liquid fuels industry. Collectively, our companies produce nearly 20 percent of the current U.S. ethanol supply...Read the Full Letter

August 28, 2019 - On behalf of the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) and the American Petroleum Institute (API), we write to share our concerns with the misinformation and misguided proposals the ethanol industry and some within your administration are advocating for in the wake of recent Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) hardship waivers (SREs) granted by EPA to certain small refineries. Frankly, these folks are attempting to...Real the Full Letter

August 22, 2019 - On behalf of the 3 million skilled craft professionals that constitute the 14 affiliates of North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU), I am writing in support of your Administration’s recent actions to grant Small Refinery Exemptions (SREs) to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), without increasing the mandate for other refiners. I also urge you to...Read the Full Letter

August 8, 2019 - On behalf of the State of Mississippi, I am writing regarding the importance of Small Refinery Hardship Exemptions (SREs) which are issued by the EPA to qualifying refineries with less than 75,000 barrels per day throughput. When congress enacted...Read the Full Letter

July 26, 2019 - We write in support of well-paying energy sector jobs and energy security in Pennsylvania and the United States..Read the Full Letter

July 16, 2019 - I represent numerous small refinery owners, identified in Appendix A, who are awaiting overdue decisions on their 2018 petitions for small refinery hardship relief under the Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”)...Read the Full Letter

July 12, 2019 - On behalf of the State of Texas, and following up on my letter of December 1, 2017, I am again writing to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the renewable fuel standard (RFS) program established by the federal Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C...Read the Full Letter

July 8, 2019 - Recent media reports indicate that the Secretary of Agriculture is attempting to gain access to the confidential business information (CBI) submitted by small refineries during the hardship petition process...Read the Full Letter

July 1, 2019 - Sens. Cruz, Barrasso, Inhofe, Toomey, Kennedy, Wicker, Lee, Enzi, Cassidy, Capito, Cornyn, Lankford, and Daines sent President Trump a letter asking him to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from influencing the decision making process when small refineries petition the EPA for relief from annual obligations due to economic hardship....Read the Full Letter

June 26, 2019-- Sens. Cruz, Barrasso, Inhofe, Toomey, Kennedy, Wicker, Lee, Enzi, Cassidy Urge Administration to Uphold the Rule of Law and Block Senate Democrats' Efforts to Roll Back President Trump's Energy Independence Accomplishments... Read the Full Letter

A.A. Boos & Sons, Inc.

Associated General Contractors of Northwest Ohio

HollyFrontier

LIUNA Laborers' Local 500

Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz of Toledo

Monroe Energy, LLC

Northwest Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council (NWOBTC)

PBF

Regional Growth Partnership

Toledo Refinining Company

Valero

February 11, 2019 - Pursuant to section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7607(b)(1), and Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, Petitioners National Wildlife Federation, Healthy Gulf, and Sierra Club (collectively, “Environmental Petitioners”) hereby petition this Court to review the final action of Respondent United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) titled, “Renewable Fuel Standard Program...Read the Full Petition

November 13, 2018 - On behalf of Monroe Energy, LLC, I hereby request that you exercise your waiver authority under 42 U.S.C. § 7545(o)(7)(A)(i) to reduce the 2018 and 2019 renewable fuel volume mandates because implementation of the Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) program is causing severe harm to the economy of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and to the Petroleum Administration for Defense District (“PADD”) Region 1, in which Monroe operates. Monroe supports the separate waiver petition filed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on November 2, 2017, and resubmitted on November 2, 2018...Read the Full Letter

November 2, 2018 -  By letter dated November 2, 2017, I petitioned EPA to exercise the waiver authority in Clean Air Act Section 211(o)(7)(A)(i) to reduce the nationwide renewable fuel volume mandate in order to address the economic difficulties faced by refiners in Pennsylvania and elsewhere in complying with this mandate. As I noted in that petition, the request was “based upon the high cost of compliance with the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and the impacts these costs have on the continued viability of the oil refining sector in the Northeast, as well as on the local and regional economies.”... Read the Full Letter

October 4, 2018 - In recent months, media outlets reported that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering regulatory action to expand the sale of gasoline with 15 percent ethanol by volume (E15) year-round by waiving certain Clean Air Act (CAA) requirements related to Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP)... Read the Full Letter 

September 14, 2018 - We write to you today as Members of Congress repesenting the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who are concerned about the negative impact the renewable fuel standard (RFS) is having on our constituents and the state's economy... Read the Full Letter

September 13, 2018 - As the Trump Administration prioritizes regulatory reform, it is important that future modifications to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) consider the economic impact to all sectors of the U.S. economy... Read the Full Letter

HollyFrontier

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Monroe Energy, LLC

New Jersey 3rd District Delegation 

Northwest Ohio Building Trades

Paulsboro Refining Company

PBF Energy

Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce

United Steelworkers 

United Way of Gloucester County

Valero Energy Corporation 

July 26, 2018 - In recent weeks, media reports indicated that the Enviornmental Protection Agency (EPA) considered a proposal to retroactively reallocate the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) compliance obligations from small refineries, which have recieved hardship relief, to other refineries and importers...Read the Full Letter 

July 25, 2018 - The United Steelworkers (USW) writes today urging Congress to follow through with proposed changes to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) designed to reduce compliance costs for independent merchant oil refiners. The USW represents 850,000 men and women employed in metals, mining, pulp and paper, rubber, chemicals, glass, auto supply and the energy-producing industries, along with a growing number of workers in public sector and service occupations...Read the Full Letter

May 22, 2018 - On behalf of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, I write to express our strong support for reform of the renewable identification numbers (RINSs) program as a compliance mechanism for the EPA's renewable fuel standard (RFS)...Read the Full Letter

May 17, 2018- On behalf of the 345,000 members of the United Association of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, I write again regarding my continuing concern with the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). However, today I write applauding news of your decision to advance a rule that would allow all Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) associated with all exported biofuel to be used for RFS compliances... Read the Full Letter

May 10, 2018 - On behalf of the nearly 500 hardworking men and women of the Paulsboro Refinery, of which most are represented by the Independent Oil Workers (IOW), I would like to applaud you for agreeing a rule that will allow all RINs associated with all biofuel exports to be available for compliance...Read the Full Letter

March 12, 2018 - On behalf of more than 50,000 members of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, I write urging you to expeditiously act on sensible reforms to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The cost of the program's credits, called Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs), have skyrocketed in recent years. As a result, the largest refinery on the East Coast, owned by Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES), was forced to declare bankruptcy....Read the Full Letter

January 30, 2018-  As Governor of the State of Delaware, please let this serve as my request that you exercise the waiver authority contained in Clean Air Act Section 211 (o)(7)(A)(i) to reduce the nationwide renewable fuel volume mandates in order to provide relief to the refiners in Delaware and elsewhere grappling with tremendous operational impediments due to the current and proposed volume mandates.... Read the Full Letter

January 25, 2018 - On behalf of the more than 343,000 members of the United Association of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, I write regarding my continued concern with the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) created by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA). Just one year ago, I wrote to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt outlining how the structure...Read the Full Letter

December 1, 2017 - The escalating and unjustified RINs prices are creating a severe economic hardship for refiners, small retailers, consumers, skilled labor, and others. Texas companies directly suffer from spiked RNs prices. During previous RINs spikes, Texas merchant refiners lost as much as 64 percent of stock value.2 While it is true that some companies have made money off of expensive RINs, the majority of refiners are hurt by them. I am formally requesting an appropriate waiver of the renewable volume obligation under RFS consistent with Section 21 l(o)(7) of CAA and reasonable use of enforcement discretion in order to address implementation issues and stabilize the RINs market at relative concentrations closer to those originally anticipated by Congress and predicted by EPA at the outset of the program... Read the Full Letter

November 22, 2017 - Please accept this petition under section 211(o)(7)(A) of the Clean Air Act. Pursuant to this provision, you are authorized to avoid the risk of severe economic harm to a state, a region, or the entire Nation arising from the requirements imposed by the renewable fuel standard ("RFS")... Read the Full Letter 

November 14, 2017 - As you know, I, along with eight other Senators representing states whose constituents depend on a strong and robust refining industry, recently requested that President Trump convene a meeting with us and our colleagues representing various Midwest states, to discuss elements of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Our goal in requesting this meeting is simple; to bring together diverse interests in an effort to come together and find a mutually beneficial outcome that will help both Iowa corn growers as well as protect blue-collar, refinery jobs that are at risk in too many states across our great nation... Read the Full Letter

November 7, 2017 - We write today with concerns about possible market manipulation in the compliance trading system used for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program, known as the Renewable Identification Number (RIN) market. We believe RIN market manipulation - and the resulting market volatility - is negatively affecting the economic stability of East Coast refineries. We ask that your agency investigate and end any possible RIN market manipulation under the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission's Petroleum Market Manipulation Rule.... Read the Full Letter

October 25, 2017 - If your administration does not make adjustments or reforms on matters related to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), it will result in a loss of jobs around the country, particularly in our states. We request that within the next three weeks you convene a meeting regarding the RFS and pro-jobs policies with us, our Senate colleagues who previously lobbied you on behalf of the ethanol industry, and relevant members of your administration, to discuss a pathway forward toward a mutually agreeable solution that will also save refining jobs and help unleash an American energy renaissance... Read the Full Letter

October 20, 2017 - I write to ask your assistance in protecting hundreds of good paying energy sector jobs in Philadelphia and the surrounding area. Specifically I bring to your concern that the high cost of compliance with the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Renewable Identification Number (RIN) credit is undermining the continued viability of the oil refining sector in the northeast. I would like to work with your Administration to develop a path forward that lowers the compliance costs and protects these good paying, familiy sustaining jobs... Read the Full Letter

October 18, 2017 - We strongly support your administration's recent review of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Specifically, recent media reports suggest your EPA may be considering a policy to treat exported gallons of biofuel the same as domestically consumed biofuel under the RFS program. Doing so would not only bolster the golas of the RFS and boost domestic renewable fuels production, but also provide much-needed regualtory relief for merchant refiners... Read the Full Letter

October 18, 2017 - On behalf of the 850,000 members of the United Steelworkers (USW), I am writing to express our support for lowering the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) final biomass-based diesel requirement for 2018, as well as making reductions from the proposed 2019 standard. I also write to support a proposal allowing RFS credits, called Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs), associated with exported ethanol to be used for RFS compliance...Read the Full Letter

October 6, 2017 - We write to ask your assistance in supporting thousands of well-paying energy sector jobs in Phildelphia and the surrounding area. Specifically, we are concerned that the high cost of compliance with the Renewable Fuel Standar (RFS) through the submission of Renewable Identification Number (RIN) credits is undermining the continued viability of the oil refining sector in the Northeast. We ask that your administration address RINs in an effort to reduce compliance costs and support thousands of well-paying jobs in Pennsylvania's energy sector... Read the Full Letter

August 30, 2017 - As the President of the USW Local 10-234 representing over 200 union brothers and sisters at Monroe Energy’s refinery in Trainer Pennsylvania, I’m writing to you because we need your help. We support Monroe Energy’s comments on the proposed RFS Program Standards for 2018, and Biomass-Based Diesel Volumes for 2019 to change the point of obligation under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), lower volume requirements, and institute RIN market fixes to reduce the cost of RINs....Read the Full Letter

August 1, 2017- My name is Suzanne Murray and I am making a statement on behalf of Mr. Karim Dhukani and other minority business owners from the Small Retailers Coalition. Mr. Dhukani is the owner of Express Fuel Products in Houston, Texas... Read the Full Statement 

August 1, 2017- Good Morning! My name is Bill Douglass and I chair the” Small Retailer Coalition”. Our family has a Petroleum Distributorship in North Texas, which also operates 22 Convenience stores with fuel... Read the Full Statement 

July 6, 2017- On behalf of the 850,000 members of the United Steelworkers (USW), I wish to express our deep concern and opposition to S. 517 the Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act as currently drafted... Read the Full Statement 

February 22, 2017 - I am Mark McManus, General President of the United Association of Plumbers, Steamfitters and Pipefitters for the United States and Canada. A large percentage of our 340,000 members work in the domestic refining industry across the U.S., building, maintaining, and servicing these highly complex facilities on a daily basis. The United Association, in conjunction with North America's Building & Construction Trades Union, has a well-established presence in many of these refineries, in some cases for more than 100 years...Read the Full Letter

February 19, 2017 - As the President of the USW Local 10-234 representing over 200 union brothers and sisters at Monroe Energy’s refinery in Trainer, Pennsylvania, I write today urging you to grant Monroe Energy’s Petition for Rulemaking to change the point of obligation under the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS). Monroe and other merchant refiners in the Philadelphia region are under immense financial pressure because of the imbalanced nature of the RFS program. Reform is needed now, before it’s too late for our refineries...Read the Full Letter

February 15, 2017 - As the Business Manager of the Steamfitters Local Union 420 which represents 4600 skilled craftsmen, I write today urging you to grant Monroe Energy's Petition for Rulemaking to change the point of obligation under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Monroe and other merchant refiners in the Philadelphia region are under immense financial pressures...Read the Full Letter

August 13, 2021 - Dear Senator Romney: On behalf of everyone at Alamo Learning Systems (Alamo), I’m writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our company. ...Read the Full Letter

September 3, 2021 - Dear Congressman Evans: On behalf of everyone at Alphasource, I’m writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our Company. ...Read the Full Letter

September 14, 2021 - Dear Congressman Fitzpatrick: On behalf of everyone at AT Chadwick Company, I'm writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our Company. ...Read the Full Letter

July 19, 2021 -  Dear Congresswoman Scanlon: My purpose in writing to you today is to ask for your help advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our Company. ...Read the Full Letter

June 23, 2021 - Dear Congressman Houlahan: I'm writing to you today, on behalf of the 361 Brenntag Employees located in Pennsylvania to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our company. It was our pleasure to have you visit our site in Reading, PA two years ago, and as you will recall, our chemical distribution business has invested in significant infrastructure, truck fleets, bulk storage and extensive safety measures to support the needs of our customers like Monroe Energy. ...Read the Full Letter

August 11, 2021 - Dear Congressman Fitzpatrick: On behalf of everyone at The Brock Group (Brock), we are writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our company. Brock Industrial and The Brock Group provides specialty craft and maintenance services to key industries across the United States and Canada, including the refining chemical manufacturing, utilities, and pulp and paper manufacturing sectors. ...Read the Full Letter

August 10, 2021 - Dear Congresswoman Scanlon: On behalf of everyone at Cintas, I am writing to you today to ask for your help advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our Company. Founded in 1929, Cintas is a national leader in supplying corporate identity uniform programs, providing entrance and logo mats, restroom supplies, promotional products, first aid, safety, and fire protection products and services. ...Read the Full Letter

August 10, 2021 - Dear Congressman Norcross: On behalf of everyone at Commerce Construction Corporation (Commerce), I'm writing to you today to ask for your help advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our Company. ...Read the Full Letter

September 24, 2021 - Dear Congressman Scanlon: On behalf of everyone at CUST-O-FAB, I'm writing to you today to ask for your help advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our Company. ...Read the Letter Here

June 23, 2021 - Dear Congresswoman Scanlon: On behalf of everyone at Flowserve, I’m writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our company. ...Read the Full Letter

July 30, 2021 - Dear Congresswoman Scanlon: On behalf of everyone at F.W. Webb Company (Webb), I’m writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our company. ...Read the Full Letter

September 7, 2021 - Dear Congresswoman Houlahan: On behalf of everyone at JC Industrial ("JC"), I’m writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our company. ...Read the Full Letter

August 10, 2021 - Dear Congresswoman Houlahan: On behalf of everyone at JJ White, Incorporated (JJ White), I’m writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our company. ...Read the Full Letter

October 5, 2021 - Dear Congressman Norcross: JD Electric, LLC is a commercial and industrial electric company that employs 57 people and works with IBEW Unions throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. The industries we serve include Utilities, Hospitals, Pharmaceuticals, Data Centers, Colleges and Universities, Industrial, Commercial, Retail, High Rise Buildings and Renewable Energy, which includes Solar, Solar Operations, Maintenance, and Energy Storage. ...Read the Full Letter 

September 10, 2021 - Dear Congresswoman Scanlon: On behalf of everyone at J.R. Metzger, Inc. (Metzger), I’m writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever and ours as well, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our company. ...Read the Full Letter

July 26, 2021 - Dear Congresswoman Norcross: On behalf of everyone at Mercer, Gasket & Shim (Mercer), I’m writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever and ours as well, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our company. ...Read the Full Letter

September 9, 2021 - Dear Congresswoman Scanlon: On behalf of everyone at MP Projects (MP), I’m writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever and ours as well, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our company. ...Read the Full Letter

August 11, 2021 - Dear Congressman Payne: On behalf of everyone at Quality Testing Services, Inc. (Quality Testing), I’m writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever and ours as well, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our company. ...Read the Full Letter

October 4, 2021 - Dear Congressman Norcross: Railroad Construction Co. of South Jersey, Inc. is a family run business that was founded in 1926. We are a construction company that builds and repairs track for railroad and transit systems throughout the Northeast. Our focus is to ensure safe and efficient transportation for both people and cargo. With the current focus on infrastructure, I hope you realize the importance of companies like ours. We currently have 67 full-time employees, work with numerous Labor, Operator and Construction Unions throughout the United States, and recognize that you are a strong ally in fighting for worker’s rights. ...Read the Full Letter

September 2, 2021 - Dear Congressman Norcross: On behalf of everyone at Riggs Distler, I’m writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever and ours as well, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our company. ...Read the Full Letter

August 9, 2021 - Dear Congressman Evans: On behalf of everyone at Royal Electric Supply Company (Royal), I’m writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever and ours as well, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our company. ...Read the Full Letter

October 6, 2021 - Dear Congresswoman Scanlon: On behalf of everyone at Nooter, I’m writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever and ours as well, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our company. ...Read the Full Letter

August 9, 2021  - Dear Congresswoman Scanlon: On behalf of everyone at Scientific Equipment Company (SECO), I’m writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever and ours as well, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our company. ...Read the Full Letter

September 28, 2021 - Like you, we deeply care about doing all we can to protect and improve the environment in which we live, work, and play in Cumberland County, NJ ...Read the Full Letter

September 3, 2021 - Dear Congresswoman Dean: On behalf of everyone at Sunair Co., I’m writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our company. ...Read the Full Letter

Dear Congresswoman Wild: On behalf of everyone at Brandenburg, I’m writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our company. Brandenburg, established in 1968, is one of the nation’s premier firms specializing in demolition and environmental remediation, which includes asbestos abatement, hazardous material removal, soil remediation, asset recovery, and site preparation. ...Read the Full Letter

Dear Congresswoman Scanlon: On behalf of everyone at Nooter, I’m writing to you today to ask for your help in advocating for reform to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Without swift and meaningful action by the Biden Administration, our region’s last remaining oil refineries may close their doors forever and ours as well, eliminating hundreds of direct jobs and causing irreversible reverberations in our region that will impact thousands of indirect jobs, like those provided by our company. ...Read the Full Letter

As members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, we are submitting these comments into the above-mentioned docket. We specifically wish to express our grave concerns regarding the recently-proposed RFS volumes for 2020 through 2022 ...Read the Full Public Comment

We submit these comments in connection with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) proposed rule entitled, “Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) Program: RFS Annual Rules,” Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0324 (“RFS Volumes”) ...Read the Full Public Comment

I write today to comment on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rule, “Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Renewable Fuel Standard Annual Rules,” Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0324 ...Read the Full Public Comment

HollyFrontier Corporation (“HollyFrontier”) is pleased to provide the following comments on Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, “Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2020, 2021, and 2022” 86 Fed. Reg. 72,436 (Dec. 21, 2021) (“RVO”) Docket No. Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0324 ...Read the Full Public Comment

My name is Les Neri, I am the President of the Pennsylvania State Lodge Fraternal Order of Police (PA FOP). I am writing this comment to express our concerns regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent proposal to set biofuel volumes for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program for 2020, 2021, and 2022, as well as implement additional regulatory changes ...Read the Full Public Comment