Statewide Iowa — The Washington DC Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down the EPA rule granting year-round use of E-15. Iowa Renewable Fuels Association Executive Director Monte Shaw says this ruling — if it stands up — is devastating for the ethanol industry.
He says it’s ironic the E-15 court decision came one week after the ethanol industry lost at the US Supreme Court over the small refinery waiver issue.
Shaw says they are considering their next step.
Shaw says there is no scientific or environmentally sound reason to erect arbitrary barriers to the sale of E-15 in the summer months.
