White House Vetting Plan to Unleash Ethanol Sales With E15

The White House is reviewing a request from at least eight Midwestern governors for a US policy change that would allow year-round sales of higher-ethanol E15 gasoline, signaling possible action within weeks.

• The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs said in a notice online it is scrutinizing a draft Environmental Protection Agency proposal tied to the request
• Move responds to request from governors of Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, who asked EPA for a new rule removing a 1-psi Reid vapor pressure waiver for conventional E10 gasoline, a change that would put it on ...