Statewide Iowa — (RI) — Members of the Iowa Congressional delegation are inviting the new head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to visit Iowa.
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he hopes Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler takes them up on the offer.
During his confirmation hearing, Wheeler pledged to fully support the Renewable Fuels Standard program and recognized it as “the law of the land.” The previous EPA director, Scott Pruitt, resigned earlier this month after being blamed for undermining ethanol and the RFS.
Grassley says corn prices have dropped below three-dollars a bushel at his home elevator in New Hartford. He says he’s “optimistic” Wheeler will work with Iowans to “maintain the integrity” of the RFS.
