Groups seek congressional hearings on E15

Posted on 26 August 2010
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Thirty-nine environmental, food, motor vehicle, energy, power equipment and recreational industry groups - including the National Marine Manufacturers Association - have requested House and Senate hearings on a pending Environmental Protection Agency action that could increase the amount of ethanol permitted in gasoline.

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In letters to the chairmen and ranking members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, the groups requested that hearings be held in September to question top EPA and Department of Energy officials regarding the safety of a proposal to increase the amount of ethanol in gasoline from the current 10 percent to 15 percent.

EPA officials have said they will make a decision by the end of September on whether to approve E15 in gasoline.

The text of the letter to the Senate can be found here and the letter to the House can be found here.

"The 39 groups frequently oppose each other on a broad range of policy issues, but have launched a joint campaign calling on Congress to require thorough and objective scientific testing before allowing an increase in the amount of ethanol in gasoline," the groups said in a joint statement.

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2 Thursday, 26 August 2010 21:06

Quite simply, I just don' t understand why there is ZERO common sense about this?  If E10 is causing the problems everyone agrees it is causing, then how can the EPA suggest increasing it?


Things are going to get better with more Ethanol?


EPA has exceeded their authority on everything.

1 Thursday, 26 August 2010 19:39
Ethanol only benefits the top brass of corporate farming. It's a total rip-off and totaly destructive to rubber and other engine parts. I had an engine in a pick up burst into flames..and the fire department investigation showed the cause to be a failed gas line caused by ethanol. The marina where I am berthed refuses to sell ethanol gas and charges more then gas stations  but I see plenty of boaters filling up with ethanol gas at those stations. They may save 20 cents a gallon now but there is probably an engine overhaul bill in their future.

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