RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION v. LLC LLC USA LP LLC LLC LLC LLC (2021)

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION; American Coalition for Ethanol; National Corn Growers Association; National Farmers Union, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent, Hollyfrontier Cheyenne Refining, LLC; Hollyfrontier Refining and Marketing, LLC; Hollyfrontier Woods Cross Refining, LLC; Wynnewood Refining Company, LLC, Intervenors - Respondents. American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers; State of Wyoming; Sinclair Wyoming Refining Company; Sinclair Casper Refining Company; Big West Oil, LLC; Countrymark Refining and Logistics, LLC; Alon Refining Krotz Springs, Inc.; Alon USA, LP; American Refining Group, Inc.; Calumet Montana Refining, LLC; Calumet Shreveport Refining, LLC; Delek Refining, Ltd.; Ergon Refining, Inc.; Ergon-west Virginia, Inc.; Hunt Refining Company; Lion Oil Company; Placid Refining Company, LLC; Par Hawaii Refining, LLC; U.S. Oil & Refining Company; Wyoming Refining Company, Amici Curiae.

No. 18-9533

Decided: July 29, 2021

Before KELLY, BRISCOE, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.

Shelby Leigh Dyl, Matthew W. Morrison, Cynthia Cook Robertson, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Washington, DC, for Petitioners. General Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Patrick Jacobi, Scott Pruitt, Environmental Protection Agency, Matthew Z. Leopold, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Jeffrey H. Wood, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent. C. Frederick Beckner, III, Daniel J. Hay, Peter D. Keisler, Ryan C. Morris, Timothy Kenly Webster, Peter Christopher Whitfield, Sidley Austin, Washington, DC, for Intervenors - Respondents Hollyfrontier Cheyenne Refining, LLC, Hollyfrontier Refining and Marketing, LLC, Hollyfrontier Woods Cross Refining, LLC. Jonathan G. Hardin, Perkins Coie, Washington, DC, Brian H. Potts, David Zoppo, Perkins Coie, Madison, WI, for Intervenor - Respondent Wynnewood Refining Company, LLC. Tyler Kubik, Richard Moskowitz, American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, Thomas Allen Lorenzen, Robert Jeremiah Meyers, Crowell & Moring, Washington, DC for Amicus Curiae American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers. James Kaste, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Wyoming, Cheyenne, WY, for Amicus Curiae State of Wyoming. Jennifer A. MacLean, Perkins Coie, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae. Jeffrey Holmstead, Brittany M. Pemberton, Bracewell, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Big West Oil, LLC, Sinclair Casper Refining Company, Sinclair Wyoming Refining Company. Derek Read Molter, Ice Miller, Indianapolis, IN, for Amicus Curiae Countrymark Refining and Logistics, LLC.