Court Grants Biofuels Organizations' Motions to Intervene in Lawsuit against EPA

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted motions to allow the Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA), the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE), the Advanced Ethanol Council (AEC), the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), Growth Energy, the National Biodiesel Board and the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) to intervene and address the issues that will be raised in the case known as American Petroleum Institute v. EPA, in which API is challenging the EPA’s final rule setting the requirements for the 2012 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The group of biofuels organizations petitioned for intervenor status on Friday, April 6.

Specifically, this group of organizations is standing with EPA in its implementation of the requirements for 2012 under the RFS, including the cellulosic biofuels volumes. In the petition to intervene, the intervening organizations asserted that their "members have investments in equipment, research and development, to supply the necessary renewable fuel." API’s actions would inappropriately reduce the standards set by Congress and EPA. If successful, API’s lawsuit would deprive companies that are members of the organizations of the benefit of the investments made in reliance on Congress’ policy choices.

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