Trump to promise new biofuel blend policy to corn belt states

September 27, 2018 |

In Washington, D.C., President Trump is likely to announce a new policy soon to allow more ethanol blended gasoline to be sold year-round, according to E&E News sources. Corn and biofuel advocates have been pushing for the allowance of gasoline retailers to sell E15 during the summer months, when fuel demand is at its highest.

The Trump Administration is expected to visit Iowa or Indiana soon to outline an EPA proposal that would issue a Clean Air Act waiver to allow year-round sales of E15 as soon as next summer, according to E&E News.

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler could be caught between oil and agriculture industries as a result, esp. with oil companies pushing for an end to RFS. “Any EPA administrator is going to be trying to find a delicate balance between two interests that can’t both be accommodated,” Janet McCabe, who led EPA’s air office at the end of the Obama administration, told E&E News.

Category: Policy

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