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In blow to Big Oil, EPA says oil refiners recover RINs costs


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By Chris Prentice NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil companies ultimately recover their costs of complying with the U.S. biofuels program, according to an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) analysis that marks the regulator's clearest challenge yet to a key criticism of the policy. The conclusion was based on the first in-depth public analysis of the historic run-up in prices of Renewable Identification Number (RIN) credits in 2013 and its impact on oil companies and consumers and will likely stir the debate over the long-awaited quotas for biofuels use in the nation's motor fuel supply. It also comes a week before a Senate committee will grill EPA senior official Janet McCabe about a proposal for biofuels use unveiled at the end of last month and the EPA's oversight of the renewable fuel standards (RSS) program.

 

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