BAD GAS
T
he AMA took
its case against
higher-ethanol fuel to
the U.S. Environmen-
tal Protection Agency,
commenting in person
during a June 9 hear-
ing in Kansas City,
Missouri.
The AMA urged the
EPA to stop increasing
the proposed amount
of ethanol that must
be blended into the
nation's fuel supply
each year. The practi-
cal effect of the EPA's
action is that ethanol
production would ex-
ceed the "blend wall."
That means more
unsafe E15 (fuel with
as much as 15 percent
ethanol) and less E10 and E0
on the market. Instead, the AMA
wants the EPA to reduce its
mandated ethanol volumes.
At the same time, the AMA
mounted a petition drive that
has drawn more than 12,000
signatures, which will be sub-
mitted to the EPA in July, along
with the AMA's formal com-
ments. The EPA's proposed
Renewable Volume Obligations
call for 18.8 billion gallons of
biofuel for 2017, up from 18.11
billion gallons this year. The
obligations for 2015 were 16.93
gallons. Sign the AMA E15 peti-
tion HERE. CN
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The EPA wants to
put more ethanol
in your bike. Not
good.
