Leading organizations of the U.S. biofuels and agricultural industries have written to EPA administrator Scott Pruitt opposing any change to the Renewable Fuel Standard point of obligation. They also want Reid Vapor Pressure restrictions lifted on E15 so it can be sold year-round. Nebraska Ethanol Board Administrator Todd Sneller says rather than going through Congress, the groups felt it was better to seek EPA’s assistance.

Sneller says the EPA hasn’t followed the proper protocols in applying the law to either point of obligation or the Reid Vapor Pressure rule.

Sneller says asking the agency for regulatory relief is the best option since the Trump administration has already used this power on other issues, some through executive orders.

Sneller says the groups noted in their letter to Pruitt that the proposed effort to shift the point of obligation would increase by almost 800 percent the number of entities required to comply with the RFS.