EPA BID TO CONSIDER LIMITING BOUTIQUE FUELS FACES BROAD SKEPTICISM

EPA's effort to convene a task force addressing possible limitations on clean fuels as a way to lower gas prices faces significant skepticism from state, industry and environmental groups asked to offer testimony on the issue, after President Bush called on EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson to create the panel comprised of the nation's governors. Fuel industry sources and environmentalists are already taking issue with EPA's apparent decision to exclude from the discussion state ethanol mandates or other state fuel requirements...