Growth Energy sent a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt condemning the recent decision to grant a small refinery waiver to one of the largest refiners in the USA. The decision allowed the refiner to not have to live up to the requirements for blending biofuels under the Renewable Fuels Standard. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor says these actions are eroding the 15-billion-gallon target for ethanol blending in 2018. With no public declaration when waivers are granted, Skor says they only become aware of the decisions through news reports. As a result of these actions, she says hundreds of millions of gallons will not be blended into the nation’s fuel supply. The news gets even more worrisome as a Delaware court recently approved a settlement between bankrupt Philadelphia Energy Solutions on the EPA. Skor says it’s another case of a refiner being let off the hook, and once again, that means millions of gallons of ethanol won’t be added to the nation’s fuel supply.