EPA Grants Emergency Fuel Waiver for E15

HOUSTON, TX (DTN) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Wednesday (3/25) an emergency waiver to allow nationwide sales of E15, the gasoline blended with 15% ethanol, to mitigate a potential disruption to U.S. fuel supply.  

The EPA also removed all federal impediments to selling the E10, or regular gasoline blended with 10% ethanol, and waived restrictions on associated blends as well, the agency’s administrator Lee Zeldin told a press briefing during the CERAWeek conference by S&P Global.

“We are waiving federal enforcement of all state boutique fuel requirements for gasoline, allowing the production and distribution of gasoline with 9-to-15 % ethanol content at a single common RVP standard of 10 PSI across the nation,” Zeldin said.