AFPM "disappointed" in Court of Appeals accommodation to abjure petitions in EPA's E15 decision

AFPM "disappointed" in Court of Appeals accommodation to abjure petitions in EPA's E15 decision

The American Ammunition and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) responded afresh to the contempo U.S. Court of Appeals accommodation to abjure petitions to rehear a case on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) accommodation to acquiesce gasoline absolute 15 percent booze – alleged "E15" – to be awash into the accepted ammunition accumulation for use in some motor cartage and engines.

I'm in accepted acceding with the ARPM and added organizations that are lobbying adjoin the added acclimated of ethanol, beggarly while blah growers abide to assemblage for the added use of ethanol, which is not a shock accustomed what booze has done to addition the amount of corn.

Americans should not be affected by any alignment to absorb gasoline that contains ethanol, and it is my acceptance that banishment the burning of booze is bad for this nation, putting advancement burden on blah prices as the use of booze is allowable by the RFS, anesthetized years ago.

"We are aghast that the DC Circuit will not rehear the case and will let angle a procedural block that prevents the cloister from extensive the claim of this important issue. We abide anxious that EPA's fractional abandonment will aftereffect in cogent misfueling and will abuse consumers. EPA has accustomed the auction of an booze alloy that around every auto architect has warned will accident absolute vehicles," said AFPM General Counsel Rich Moskowitz.

AFPM on October 1, 2012 filed a Petition for a Rehearing of the Grocery Manufacturers of America, et al. v. EPA, acumen that EPA overstepped its ascendancy beneath the Clean Air Act by acceding fractional waivers to acquiesce the use of E15 in assertive engines, including cartage archetypal year 2001 and newer.

Several studies accept apparent that E15 causes agent accident to commuter vehicles, boats and alfresco ability equipment, including chainsaws and lawnmowers, and has led AFPM and added industry groups to accession apropos about a ammunition not accustomed for use by the manufacturers of added than 228 actor cartage on the alley today. A contempo analysis by the American Auto Association (AAA) appear that 95 percent of consumers surveyed had not heard of E15 gasoline which lends acceptance to the abeyant for abusage and agent abuse as able-bodied as creating safety, accountability and assurance issues.

"We are allegory the accommodation and will actuate whether to seek analysis by the Supreme Court. Judge Kavanaugh issued a able bone based on EPA's acceptance that E15 amercement cars and accurately referenced a contempo AAA admonishing calling aloft EPA to block the auction of E15," Moskowitz concluded.

In addition, a GasBuddy poll conducted in 2012 begin that 68% of responding motorists said that the booze authorization should either be abeyant or repealed. In the aforementioned GasBuddy poll, aloof 11% said they'd like to accumulate the booze rules as they are.

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