EPA Backs Summer E15 Fuel For Midwest, But Will Weigh Delay Requests

EPA will implement a rule allowing eight Midwestern states to sell 15 percent ethanol fuel (E15) this summer when it would otherwise be banned, but it is also weighing a request by Ohio and possibly other states to delay summer sales until next year, as Congress moves toward a possible nationwide authorization of the fuel. Administrator Lee Zeldin on Feb. 21 announced the agency would uphold the current April 28 implementation date for a Biden-era rule that would set E15...