Opinion ID: 6317007
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: D.C. Circuit Proceeding

Text: Producers of Renewables is a group consisting of companies that own and operate facilities that produce biomass-based diesel or ethanol and participate in the Program. Pet’r Br. at 17. As relevant here, it petitioned the D.C. Circuit to review these individual exemption remedies, arguing that the EPA improperly took this action without notice and comment and that it was not authorized to implement this remedy on remand from Sinclair. The D.C. Circuit ruled that review of the EPA’s decisions was locally applicable—as each one affected a small refinery in Wyoming. Producers of Renewables United for Integrity Truth and Transparency v. EPA, 778 F. App’x 1 (D.C. Cir. 2019) (unpublished). Because venue in the D.C. Circuit was only appropriate if the final action taken by the EPA was “nationally applicable,” or if the EPA published a finding that an otherwise local action is “based on a determination of nationwide scope or effect,” 42 U.S.C. § 7607(b)(1), the D.C. Circuit transferred that portion of the proceeding to our court.