ARB, REFINERS LOOK TO NATIONAL ETHANOL MANDATE FOR FLEXIBILITY

Air board and petroleum industry officials are turning to the national renewable fuels mandate contained in pending energy legislation for potential flexibility to reduce ethanol use in California reformulated gasoline, in the wake of U.S. EPA's latest rejection of the state's request for a waiver of the federal oxygen requirement, according to sources. Air board officials say reducing ethanol during the summer will decrease evaporative hydrocarbon emissions, while refiners say they may be able to increase overall supply by lowering...