CARB: It will take years for California to decide on E15
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11-14-2012, 04:50 AM
CARB: It will take years for California to decide on E15
Filed under: Ethanol, Legislation and Policy, On Two Wheels, USA
The controversial E15 - the fuel that blends 15 percent ethanol in gasoline - is still waiting approval for use in California, and it's going to take a few years for the decision to be made. That's the statement sent to the American Motorcyclist Association by the California Air Resources Board (CARB).
"Please be advised that E15 is not approved for sale in California, and if [C]ARB chooses to allow E15 as a transportation fuel, it would take several years to complete the vehicle testing and rule development necessary to introduce a new transportation fuel into California's market," wrote Michael Waugh, chief of the CARB transportation fuels branch.
Waugh was responding to a letter from AMA vice president for government relations Wayne Allard, who had expressed concerns over potential misfueling of E15 into motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles. The federal Environmental Protection Agency has yet to rule on whether E15 can be used in motorcycles or ATVs. California will be following the EPA's continued assessment of E15 misfueling and will keep these concerns in mind when evaluating standards allowing E15 in the state, Waugh wrote. E15 went on sale in Kansas in July.
Attempts to block E15 from making it to gas stations for vehicles of all types are still being attempted. In August, a US Appeals Court threw out a federal lawsuit filed by a collection of grocery, auto and petroleum industry association groups in late 2010. The court said the trade groups didn't have the right to sue. Trade groups warn that E15 will spike up goods and gas prices and harm engines.Continue reading CARB: It will take years for California to decide on E15
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The controversial E15 - the fuel that blends 15 percent ethanol in gasoline - is still waiting approval for use in California, and it's going to take a few years for the decision to be made. That's the statement sent to the American Motorcyclist Association by the California Air Resources Board (CARB).
"Please be advised that E15 is not approved for sale in California, and if [C]ARB chooses to allow E15 as a transportation fuel, it would take several years to complete the vehicle testing and rule development necessary to introduce a new transportation fuel into California's market," wrote Michael Waugh, chief of the CARB transportation fuels branch.
Waugh was responding to a letter from AMA vice president for government relations Wayne Allard, who had expressed concerns over potential misfueling of E15 into motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles. The federal Environmental Protection Agency has yet to rule on whether E15 can be used in motorcycles or ATVs. California will be following the EPA's continued assessment of E15 misfueling and will keep these concerns in mind when evaluating standards allowing E15 in the state, Waugh wrote. E15 went on sale in Kansas in July.
Attempts to block E15 from making it to gas stations for vehicles of all types are still being attempted. In August, a US Appeals Court threw out a federal lawsuit filed by a collection of grocery, auto and petroleum industry association groups in late 2010. The court said the trade groups didn't have the right to sue. Trade groups warn that E15 will spike up goods and gas prices and harm engines.Continue reading CARB: It will take years for California to decide on E15
CARB: It will take years for California to decide on E15 originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Wed, 14 Nov 2012 07:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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