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EPA lets major refiner skip ethanol mandate

By John Siciliano
Published April 3, 2018 5:23pm ET
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EPA lets major refiner skip ethanol mandate
FILE This July 26, 2013 file photo shows a motorist filling up with gasoline containing ethanol in Des Moines. The Obama administration on Friday proposed to reduce the amount of ethanol in the nation's fuel supply for the first time, acknowledging that the biofuel law championed by both parties in 2007 is not working as well as expected. | (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

The Environmental Protection Agency let a big oil refiner off the hook from the nation’s ethanol mandate, signaling that more exemptions may be on the way.

The EPA said it would waive the ethanol mandate’s requirements for the San Antonio company Andeavor, one of the top refiners in the country.

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