American Petroleum Institute (API) is “strongly considering”
petitioning the Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision that
preserved the EPA’s decision to allow E15 fuel in the marketplace, The
Hill reports.
According to API Group Downstream Director Bob
Greco, API would need to file a petition by mid-April to have the
Supreme Court consider the ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
District of Colombia. The EPA and biofuels groups have maintained that
E15 is safe for cars made in 2001 or later.
“Oil companies are
desperate to prevent the use of higher blends of renewable fuels,” said
Tom Buis, chief executive with biofuels trade group Growth Energy. “They
have erected every regulatory and legal roadblock imaginable to prevent
our nation from reducing our dependence on oil.”
NACS supports
legislation that would provide fuel retailers with the opportunity to
sell new fuels, such as E15, in a responsible and legal manner. In the
previous Congress, NACS supported H.R. 4345, the Domestic Fuels
Protection Act and a similar Senate version, S. 2264, the Domestic Fuels
Act. The “fuel neutral” bills would ensure that equipment that meets
the EPA’s equipment-compatibility guidelines satisfy all applicable
compatibility requirements, protect retailers from misfueling liability,
and prevent retroactive liability if a fuel sold today is later
declared defective. (NACS: www.nacsonline.com)
