LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an emergency fuel waiver for Michigan and several other Great Lakes states due to a refinery outage in Illinois.
The waiver, requested by the governors of Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Gas prices in the region have been increasing since the emergency shutdown of an ExxonMobil refinery in Joliet, Illinois, following tornadoes in mid-July. The Joliet refinery typically produces about 251,800 barrels per day.
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Gas prices have been going up across Michigan over the past weeks with the refinery outage, and hit a new yearly high last week across the state. AAA Michigan says the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas on Thursday was $3.69.
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