Ethanol Mandate Triggers `Constant Litigation,' USDA Chief Says
- EPA reduced ethanol volumes below statutory levels in November
- Valero Energy files suit against U.S. government over target
This article is for subscribers only.
The conflict between agriculture and petroleum interests over the government’s ethanol mandate shows no signs of abating, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said.
Oil and biofuel industry advocates have filed lawsuits over renewable fuel-consumption targets issued by the Environmental Protection Agency in November. Last week, Valero Energy Corp., the largest U.S. petroleum refiner and the third-biggest ethanol producer, became the latest company to sue the EPA.