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Smith Responds to D.C. Circuit Court Decision Blocking Year-Round E15

Statement

Date: July 2, 2021
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Oil and Gas Executive Branch Legal

Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) released the below statement today in response to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruling against the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2019 rule waiving Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) requirements to allow the sale of ethanol blends in gasoline of 15%, or E15, year-round.

"I am deeply disappointed by the D.C. Circuit Court's ruling today to roll back the previous administration's expansion of the RVP waiver for E15," said Smith. "It defies logic that the EPA could not use its statutory authority to provide a waiver for E10, but not provide one for E15, which has a lower PSI than E10."

Prior to the 2019 rulemaking by EPA, Smith introduced legislation intended to clarify EPA's authority to provide a RVP waiver for E15 by requiring the agency to do so.


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