EPA Takes Steps To Bolster Use Of E15 Fuel, Seeks Input On RFS Waivers

January 15, 2021
EPA is proposing to take further steps to bolster use of 15 percent ethanol fuel (E15) by altering or removing gas pump labeling requirements, while also inviting public comment on how it should proceed with several states’ and refiners’ applications for exemptions from renewable fuel standard (RFS) biofuel blending mandates. The actions are likely among the last RFS-related policy decisions that the Trump administration will issue, despite earlier expectations EPA might release a slew of 11th-hour waiver approvals . In...


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