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5/8/2012 8:38:56 PM
In response to a request by Growth Energy and 54 ethanol manufacturers under the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted two partial waivers that allow but do not require the introduction into commerce of gasoline that contains greater than 10 volume percent (vol%) ethanol and up to 15 vol% ethanol (E15) for use in model year (MY) 2001 and newer light-duty motor vehicles, subject to certain conditions. On October 13, 2010, EPA granted the first partial waiver for E15 for use in MY2007 and newer light-duty motor vehicles (i.e., cars, light-duty trucks and medium-duty passenger vehicles). On January 21, 2011, EPA granted the second partial waiver for E15 for use in MY2001-2006 light-duty motor vehicles. These decisions were based on test results provided by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and other test data and information regarding the potential effect of E15 on vehicle emissions. On June 23, 2011, EPA issued regulations to help reduce the potential for vehicles, engines, and equipment not covered by the partial waiver decisions to be misfueled with E15. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-07-25/pdf/2011-16459.pdf
According to the EPA, these Vehicles and Engines May Not Use E15
- All vehicles with heavy-duty engines, such as school buses, transit buses, and delivery trucks
- All motorcycles
- All off-road vehicles, such as boats and snowmobiles
- All engines in off-road equipment, such as lawnmowers and chain saws
- All MY2000 and older cars, light-duty trucks, and medium-duty passenger vehicles (SUVs)
On September 20, 2011 the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Association of Global Automakers, Inc. (f/k/a Association of International Automobile Manufacturers), National Marine Manufacturers Association, and Outdoor Power Equipment Institute hereby petition this Court of Appeals for review of the final rule of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency entitled "Regulation to Mitigate Misfueling" and related final actions discussed therein, including denial of a petition for rulemaking with respect to the availability of legacy fuel.
This Alliance believes that the language in the label is severely inadequate and will do little to properly inform and educate consumers as to the serious consequences of using the wrong fuel. The reality is that if E15 becomes the standard gasoline in the marketplace, millions of consumers will run the risk of having their vehicles, boats, lawnmowers, and other gasoline-powered devices damaged, because they will not have the option of fueling them properly. Although NMMA and others petitioned EPA to require gas stations that offer E15 to also offer E10, EPA has denied this petition and has no plans to mandate the continued availability of E10. This will certainly lead to the very misfueling that EPA wants to avoid.
MRAA opposes the EPA decision to allow two levels of ethanol. MRAA supports congressionally approved additional funding for scientific testing of a broad range of products, especially marine engines and outboards motors and equipment before the EPA can make any more decisions to allow mid-level ethanol blends to be sold the public. In addition, MRAA believes Congress must stop the EPA from implementing its clearly flawed waivers that paved the way for the E15 blend to be sold without adequate misfueling controls to keep anglers and boaters from using the wrong fuel in their boat and Congress must not authorize any additional increases in the permit able levels of ethanol in gasoline.
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3/6/2012 6:53:49 PM
Washington, DC – New York Sea Grant Great Lakes Coastal Recreation and Tourism Specialist David G. “Dave” White was among the invited guests at the White House Community Leaders Briefing on the Great Lakes Region on Wednesday.
The event was a discussion of Administration policies in the Great Lakes region. White was among the 80 environmental, business and academic leaders from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin meeting with Senior White House and Administration officials.
The Great Lakes summit discussion included remarks on business development and jobs in the Great Lakes region by U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson. New York Sea Grant (NYSG) is one of 32 university-based programs under National Sea Grant College Program of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and is a cooperative program of the State University of New York (SUNY) and Cornell University.
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12/20/2010 2:53:30 PM
The National Marine Manufacturers Association and several other groups today filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging an Oct. 13 decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to partially approve E15 for a subset of on-highway motor vehicles.
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12/6/2010 5:43:41 PM
The Environmental Protection Agency today waived a limitation on selling fuel that is more than 10 percent ethanol for model-year 2007 and newer cars and light trucks.
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12/5/2010 5:44:11 PM
Oswego, NY - New York Sea Grant, the Boating Industries Association of Upstate NY, and Marathon Boat Group have announced that more than 1,400 New York residents from Clayton and Oswego to Skaneateles, Seneca Falls and Syracuse have taken the Clean and Safe Boating Pledge in 2010, and thousands more were exposed to good boating practices by the 2500-plus mile February-September campaign.
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