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Trump Aims to End Ethanol Warnings in Biofuel Policy Blitz

EPA seeks changes on storage tanks that could spur E15 sales
EPA also wants input on governors’ bid to pare biofuel quotas

President Trump Speaks At Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy LLC Ethanol Facility — Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg

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By Jennifer A Dlouhy and Kim Chipman

January 15, 2021 at 5:41 PM UTC

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January 15, 2021 at 9:11 PM UTC

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The Trump administration advanced a flurry of biofuel policy proposals Friday, including plans that could help ethanol producers sell more of the corn-based fuel.

Final decisions about those possible changes to biofuel-blending mandates and warning labels at pumps dispensing higher-ethanol E15 gasoline will now fall to President-elect Joe Biden. The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposals ensure the Biden administration will inherit battles over 16-year-old requirements to blend renewable fuels into gasoline and diesel that bedeviled President Donald Trump.