Ethanol industry stakeholders were relieved to see Scott Pruitt depart from the Environmental Protection Agency on July 5 and deputy administrator Andrew Wheeler appointed as acting chief. With a Supreme Court justice nominee on the table, it is unlikely President Trump will be moving too quickly to nominate a new EPA administrator, so Wheeler will probably have the job for a while.
In this Ethanol Report, Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) president and CEO Bob Dinneen talks about the changes at EPA and how they might impact the industry and the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) going forward.
Ethanol Report on EPA Changes