Seven biofuel organizations filed an intervenors brief in the
American Petroleum Institute case against the Environmental
Protection Agency challenging the 2012 cellulosic and advanced
biofuel requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard.   The
groups include the Advanced Biofuels Association, the Advanced
Ethanol Council, the American Coalition for Ethanol, the
Biotechnology Industry Organization, Growth Energy, the National
Biodiesel Board, and the Renewable Fuels Association.  In the
brief, the groups argued that "for the 2012 cellulosic biofuel
requirement, EPA reasonably based its analysis on EIA's
projection, but then took into account more specific information
it had from individual facilities. Precedent makes clear that
EPA can adopt standards calculated to spur development,
consistent with Congress's express statutory objectives."
Ultimately it is EPA who "is charged with judging credibility
and weighing the record evidence."  Likewise, the brief supports
EPA's determination to retain the overall a