ARB PROGRAM TO USE ETHANOL-85 IN FFVS MAY EXPAND FUEL'S AVAILABILITY

Air board officials are advancing a plan to help supply 85% ethanol fuel (E-85) in selected state flexible-fuel vehicles (FFVs) in Sacramento and the Central Valley. Ethanol industry sources say they hope the program provides a gateway to future E-85 availability to the general public and possibly eventual proposals by the board to increase ethanol in reformulated gasoline statewide. Air Resources Board staff had previously posted on the board website a notice for a Nov. 10 workshop in Sacramento on...