EPA rejects changes to biofuel rule sought by refiners, billionaire Carl Icahn

Published November 22, 2017 8:49pm ET



The Trump administration is rejecting a proposal backed by oil refiners and billionaire Carl Icahn to change biofuel policy, according to a report Wednesday.

The Environmental Protection Agency denied petitions by Valero Energy and other refiners to change the rules regarding the “point of obligation” so that refiners wouldn’t be responsible for blending corn-based ethanol into gasoline.

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