Senators Urge EPA To Weigh Gasoline Supply Impacts Of Ethanol Waivers

Sens. James Inhofe (R-OK) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) are urging EPA to consider the gasoline supply impacts of its recent decision to allow limited approval of 15 percent ethanol (E15) in conventional gasoline and are calling for the agency to offer legislative and other policy recommendations on how to address the issue. The lawmakers in a Jan. 5 letter to Administrator Lisa Jackson say the agency failed to ensure that items needing pure gasoline – unblended with ethanol – such...