The U.S. EPA on July 18 announced it has reached a settlement with Lupton Petroleum Products Inc., and its affiliate Brad Hall Associates Inc., for violations of the Clean Air Act’s conventional and renewable fuel requirements.&nbsp;The settlement, in part, addresses violations of Renewable Fuel Standard blending requirements. According to the EPA, Lupton Petroleum between 2015 and 2018 used petroleum blendstocks to produce gasoline and diesel fuel that incurred renewable volume obligations (RVOs) under the RFS. The company, however, failed to retire renewable identification numbers (RINs) to meet those annual obligations.&nbsp;During settlement negotiations, Lupton Petroleum retired 273,519 valid RINs to address its RFS violations, including 2,847 D3 cellulosic biofuel RINs; 31,253 D4 biomass-based diesel RINs; 42,206 D5 advanced biofuel RINs; and 197,213 D6 renewable fuel RINs.&nbsp;Under the settlement agreement, Lupton Petroleum and Brad Hall Associates will also pay more than $1 million in civil penalties related to CAA fuel standards violations, including those related to sulfur concentration limits for diesel fuels, required detergent additives for gasoline, and other EPA fuels program requirements.&nbsp;A <a href="https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees">public comment period on the proposed settlement agreement</a> has not yet been scheduled. Additional information is available on the EPA <a href="https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/lupton-petroleum-products-inc-and-brad-hall-associates-inc-clean-air-act-settlement">website</a>.

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The U.S. EPA on July 18 announced it has reached a settlement with Lupton Petroleum Products Inc., and its affiliate Brad Hall Associates Inc., for violations of the Clean Air Act’s conventional and renewable fuel requirements. 

Lupton Petroleum, Brad Hall Associates retire 273,519 RINs as part of EPA settlement agreement

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