Ethanol mandate thrown out by appeals court

Journal Article · Wed May 10 00:00:00 EDT 1995 · Chemical Week

OSTI ID:457518

Begley, R

In a victory for the oil industry, a federal appeals court has overturned EPA`s mandate for ethanol use in reformulated gasoline (REG), saying the agency lacks authority to require 30% of the oxygenate market be reserved for ethanol. EPA says the ruling does not prevent ethanols use in RFG - {open_quotes}It only says that EPA cannot dictate the recipe.{close_quotes} Charles DiBona, president of the American Petroleum Institute (API), says {open_quotes}API and its member companies are not opposed to the use of ethanol as an oxygenate. We oppose this illegal mandate.{close_quotes} Urvan Sternfels, president of the National Petroleum Refiners Association, says, {open_quotes}Mandating market shares for any product is unsound economic policy.{close_quotes} The two trade groups led the legal battle against the ethanol requirement.

• OSTI ID: 457518
• Journal Information: Chemical Week, Vol. 156, Issue 18; Other Information: PBD: 10 May 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING AND POLICY
05 NUCLEAR FUELS
10 SYNTHETIC FUELS
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
US EPA
ETHANOL
ALCOHOL FUELS
ECONOMIC POLICY
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