Biden EPA to Allow Summer Sales of High-Ethanol E15 Gasoline (1)

Biden administration officials have decided to issue an emergency waiver that will allow widespread sales of higher-ethanol E15 gasoline this summer, following a strategy used last year to help tamp down high pump prices.

The move, set to be announced by the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday, will temporarily exempt the 15% ethanol fuel blend from volatility requirements that effectively block sales from June 1 to Sept. 15 throughout much of the country. The planned exemption was described by people familiar with the matter who asked not to be named because the decision isn’t public. Spokespeople for the EPA ...