Litigation: EPA denies fuel ‘streamlining’ rule helps E15 suit

EPA is countering claims by ethanol advocates that aspects of its recent rule “streamlining” federal fuel quality regulations help their litigation that claims the agency must approve ethanol blends in fuel of more than the 15 percent blend (E15) now allowed for most vehicles, with EPA saying the rule has no relevance to the suit. A broad coalition of ethanol and farm sector groups is suing EPA over its 2019 rule authorizing year-round sales of E15, saying that EPA must...