EPA processed 175 Small Refinery Exemption petitions for exemptions from biofuel-blending quotas, submitted for 2016-2024 compliance years. EPA granted 63 full exemptions, and 77 partial exemptions. The agency reaffirmed a policy it set through the first Trump Administration’s 2020 Renewable Volume Obligation Rulemaking, granting partial relief (a 50-percent exemption) where a small refinery successfully claims partial hardship.