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MIDWEST GOVERNORS DEMAND YEAR ROUND E-15 SALES

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THE GOVERNORS OF IOWA AND SEVEN OTHER MIDWESTERN STATES ARE ASKING FEDERAL REGULATORS TO APPROVE YEAR-ROUND E-15 SALES IN THEIR STATES.

GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS, ALONG WITH THE GOVERNORS OF NEBRASKA, NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA, MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN, ILLINOIS AND KANSAS SIGNED A LETTER TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, SEEKING A WAIVER TO PERMANENTLY ALLOW GASOLINE WITH 15 PERCENT ETHANOL TO BE SOLD DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS IN THEIR STATES.

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CLEAN AIR ACT RULES PROHIBIT THE SALE OF E-15 FROM THE BEGINNING OF JUNE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER IN SEVERAL STATES.

PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCED AT AN IOWA ETHANOL PLANT EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT THE E-P-A IS ALLOWING E-15 TO BE SOLD NATIONWIDE THIS SUMMER TO LOWER GAS PRICES — BUT IT’S A ONE-YEAR WAIVER.