Emergency Declared in Four States After Oil Refinery Fire in Indiana Feared to Disrupt the Supply of Gasoline, Diesel, and Jet Fuel

GATEWAY PUNDIT ^ | 8/30/2022 | JIM HOFT

[bitt]

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has temporarily suspended a federal rule for fuel sales in four states, including Indiana, in response to a fire that occurred at an oil refinery in Indiana last week. It is feared that the incident may cause disruptions in both gas pricing and supply, AP reported.

“As part of the Federal Government’s response to a fire and shutdown at the BP Whiting Refinery in Whiting, Indiana, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan today issued an emergency fuel waiver to help alleviate fuel shortages in four states whose supply of gasoline has been impacted by the refinery shutdown,” EPA said in a statement.

“EPA has waived the federal regulations and federally enforceable State Implementation Plan requirements for fuel volatility on gasoline sold in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, to facilitate the supply of fuel in these areas. This waiver will continue through September 15, 2022,” according to EPA’s news release.

Oil & refined products analyst, Patrick De Haan said, “the waiver allows winter gasoline to be sold, and allows more components to be used in gasoline, thereby increasing the amount of available supply. Still no restoration timeline on BP restarting its refinery.”

[bitt]

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[chajin]

Rebuilding the refinery can wait. The most important action necessary now is the renaming of the town from Whiting to Diversifying. (/s)

[Boogieman]

Timing’s a little too perfect for me to assume this was an accidental fire...

[metmom]

Yup, without fail, whenever gas prices start to decline and take the pinch off the people, some mysterious fire happens.

[unixfox]

I thought we had a “Climate Emergency.”

[robowombat]

Certainly true. As there are no deer born in Dearborn there aren’t white anything in Whiting. How about Blackhole?

[libertylover]

Rebuilding the refinery can wait. The most important action necessary now is the renaming of the town from Whiting to Diversifying. (/s)

Good one!

[COBOL2Java]

Timing’s a little too perfect for me to assume this was an accidental fire...

Yep

[es345st]

So they suspending the ridiculous summer gas formula rule which should not exist in the first place.

[j.havenfarm]

Look at the bright side: voters who got complacent because gas prices are down from their highs will be reminded by sharply higher prices of the administration’s anti-oil agenda

[ConservativeInPA]

So they suspending the ridiculous summer gas formula rule which should not exist in the first place.

Makes me wonder what other moronic rules the EPA has in place. There is zero science at the EPA. It’s all a bunch of models and emoting.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Now imagine what it’s going to be like when there is NO SUPPLY of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. It’s gonna get ugly.

[Blennos]

Come on, Man! I was just about to have lunch.

[Mr. Lucky]

The Whiting, Indiana, population is a little over 75% white and just over 3% black.

[Scrambler Bob]

Will China give back some of our Reserves?

[Aevery_Freeman]

Good thing we have the Strategic Oil Reserves, huh!

[skepsel]

Henry Dearborn.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Dearborn

[Paul R.]

If that was the case it’d happen as or just after a major hurricane rips through our Gulf coast...

[DSH]

Makes me wonder what other moronic rules the EPA has in place. There is zero science at the EPA. It’s all a bunch of models and emoting.

The requirements for driving season-specific fuel formulations are dictated not by the Environmental Protection Agency but by Congress itself, in the Clean Air Act. See 42 U.S.C. 7545(k).