In Washington, U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) led a letter with colleagues from the Senate calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to support President Trump’s American energy dominance agenda by preventing unfair reallocation of compliance costs onto oil refineries in Utah and across the country. U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) signed their support.
Senator Lee introduced legislation earlier this year to block the EPA from forcing refineries to shoulder forgiven fines from other refineries that do not meet the EPA’s environmental standards. U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ted Cruz (R-TX), John Fetterman (D-PA), John Kennedy (R-LA), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), James Risch (R-ID) have cosponsored the legislation, which received endorsements from the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers and the American Energy Alliance.
Tags: EPA, SRA, Washington
Category: Policy
