EPA ethanol fuels requirement close to being finalized
Journal Article
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· Chemical Week
OSTI ID:508309
EPA is scheduled to decide this week whether and how to go ahead with the highly contentious ethanol mandate proposed in its reformulated gasoline (RFG) rule, and voices on both sides of the issue are being raised ever louder. The rule-proposed last December-requires 30% of the oxygen content of RFG to be made from renewable sources. Opponents say it represents a sharp break from an earlier negotiated rule making that was agreed to by refiners, ethanol producers, and environmental groups, among others. Refiners are frustrated that the final rule takes effect in January 1995 and they still do not know the composition of the product they must make. The Clean Air Act RFG rule will cover about one-third of the US gasoline market, or 88 million gal/day. Nineteen state governors are lobbying for the ethanol mandate, while refiners and methanol makers reportedly are weighing legal challenges and some in Congress are threatening to block funding for the rule.
- OSTI ID:
- 508309
- Journal Information:
- Chemical Week, Journal Name: Chemical Week Journal Issue: 25 Vol. 154; ISSN 0009-272X; ISSN CHWKA9
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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