A.G., ARB PONDER ENERGY BILL IMPLICATIONS ON ETHANOL WAIVER APPEAL

Attorney General (AG) and air board lawyers are expected to discuss whether their new appeal of U.S. EPA's latest rejection of California's gasoline oxygenate waiver request will be made moot when the federal energy bill is signed. While it is expected the president will soon sign the energy bill, which contains elimination of the oxygenate requirement in favor of a national ethanol mandate, the complexity of the legislation is leading air board and AG officials to more fully review its...