The Supreme Court has ruled that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is the proper venue for legal challenges related to small refinery exemption (SRE) decisions. American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) CEO Brian Jennings issued the following statement in response:
"We applaud and support the ruling by the Supreme Court today requiring SRE appeals to be heard in the D.C. Circuit because the Renewable Fuel Standard is obviously national in scope. Today’s ruling ensures refiners can no longer 'venue shop' in search of appeals courts that may look favorably upon their SRE complaints, and helps give EPA direction on the pending SRE petitions. We urge EPA to take a judicious and lawful approach to SREs going forward."