EPA Issues E15 Emergency Summer Waiver, Placating Biofuel Lobby

April 28, 2023
EPA has issued another emergency waiver to allow summertime sales of 15 percent ethanol (E15) fuel, enabling sales of the fuel across much of the country this summer from June 1 to September 15, and placating biofuels groups and Midwestern lawmakers who wanted the agency to propose a narrower approval for the region to apply this year, rather than in 2024. As it did last year, EPA justifies the latest waiver based on fuel market conditions influenced by the war...


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