Ethanol, Agriculture Interests Challenge Provision in E15 Final Rule
Source: By Todd Neeley, Progressive Farmer • Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2019
A number of clean air, biofuels and agriculture interests asked a federal court to review EPA’s final rule to allow year-round E15 sales, in a petition filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
An alliance led by the National Farmers Union and the Urban Air Initiative is concerned about a provision in the final rule that could restrict the use of blender pumps.
“Specifically, the petitioners will argue that EPA misinterprets the ‘substantially similar’ provision of the Clean Air Act to artificially limit ethanol blending,” the alliance said in a news release. “Because ethanol is a fuel additive used in EPA’s vehicle certification process, petitioners maintain that it is not subject to any volume limitations under the sub-sim law.”
Farmers Union Enterprises spokesperson and South Dakota Farmers Union President Doug Sombke said in a statement the group supports EPA’s approval of year-round E15 sales.”It is important to note that this is not a challenge to the fundamental ruling that allows year-round use of E15,” he said.
Read the petition here: https://fixourfuel.com/…