# Tenth Circuit Court Strikes Down EPA Small Refinery Exemptions

> The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit struck down three EPA small refinery exemptions granted to CVR Energy and HollyFrontier refineries. The court ruled EPA cannot extend exemptions to refineries whose earlier temporary exemptions had lapsed.

- Date: 2020-01-01 · published 2020-01-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54951-tenth-circuit-court-strikes-down-epa-small-refinery-exemptions
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

The ruling could restrict future exemptions, supporting renewable fuel blending demand and soybean oil and corn ethanol demand.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-02-04 | [Growth Energy Files Federal Lawsuit Against EPA on Small Refinery Exemptions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60463-growth-energy-files-federal-lawsuit-against-epa-on-small-refinery-exemptions.md) | -1.0% | -0.8% |
| CORN | 2025-09-16 | [EPA Proposes Renewable Fuel Standards Supplemental Rule, Addresses Small Refinery Exemptions \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15087-epa-proposes-renewable-fuel-standards-supplemental-rule-addresses-small.md) | -0.3% | -2.6% |
| CORN | 2019-11-28 | [National Biodiesel Board urges EPA to account for small refinery exemptions - Biofuels International Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55927-national-biodiesel-board-urges-epa-to-account-for-small-refinery-exemptions.md) | +1.1% | +3.4% |
| CORN | 2019-04-17 | [Wheeler indicates pace of refiner exemptions could slow - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59470-wheeler-indicates-pace-of-refiner-exemptions-could-slow-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.9% | +0.2% |
| CORN | 2019-08-23 | [Trump Administration May Consider Reallocating Biofuels Gallons Lost to Small-Refinery Waivers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57448-trump-administration-may-consider-reallocating-biofuels-gallons-lost-to-small.md) | +1.8% | +1.4% |
| SBO | 2019-02-04 | [Growth Energy Files Federal Lawsuit Against EPA on Small Refinery Exemptions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60463-growth-energy-files-federal-lawsuit-against-epa-on-small-refinery-exemptions.md) | +3.3% | -0.4% |
| SBO | 2025-09-16 | [EPA Proposes Renewable Fuel Standards Supplemental Rule, Addresses Small Refinery Exemptions \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15087-epa-proposes-renewable-fuel-standards-supplemental-rule-addresses-small.md) | -4.3% | -2.4% |
| SBO | 2019-11-28 | [National Biodiesel Board urges EPA to account for small refinery exemptions - Biofuels International Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55927-national-biodiesel-board-urges-epa-to-account-for-small-refinery-exemptions.md) | -0.3% | +14.4% |

## Sources

- ethanolrfa.org: https://ethanolrfa.org/media-and-news/category/news-releases/article/2020/01/tenth-circuit-court-strikes-down-epa-small-refinery-exemptions
- law.justia.com: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca10/18-9533/18-9533-2020-01-24.html

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