In Minnesota, the Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association (MN Bio-Fuels), along with other biofuel and agriculture stakeholders in the state, sent a letter to Governor Tim Walz on asking him to remain committed to a regulatory solution that will ensure the year-round availability of E15.
In April this year, eight Midwest governors, including Walz, asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to begin a rulemaking process to remove unnecessary and outdated regulations that prevent the sale of E15 during the summer driving season.
The governors are asking the EPA to remove the 1-PSI Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) waiver for E10 blends. This action would eliminate the current disparity between E10 and E15 and place both fuels on equal regulatory footing in the summer months.
“We thank Governor Walz for collaborating with other Midwest governors to find a regulatory solution that will allow E15 to be sold year-round in Minnesota. As oil industry pressure to retreat from putting E15 on equal regulatory footing increases, we ask him to remain committed to this commonsense solution so that Minnesotans may fully realize the economic and environmental benefits of E15,” said Brian Werner, executive director of MN Bio-Fuels.
Besides MN Bio-Fuels, the other signatories on the letter were the Minnesota Corn Growers Association, the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation, the Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU), POET LLC and Green Plains Inc.
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