Today the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the EPA rule granting year round use of E-15, the same volatility waiver that has applied to E-10 for decades. It takes effect in 2022. Iowa Renewable Fuels Association Executive Director Monte Shaw says this ruling if it stands up is devastating for the ethanol industry.
He says it’s ironic the E-15 court decision came one week after the ethanol industry lost at the U.S. Supreme Court over the small refinery waiver issue.
Shaw says their considering what their next step should be and one option will be court appeals
Shaw says there is no scientific or environmentally sound reason to erect arbitrary barriers to the sale of E-15 in the summer months.
