Ethanol Petition Comment Period Extension Requested
More than 30 organizations are requesting an extension of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) comment period for a petition that would increase the permitted amount of ethanol in gasoline from its current 10 percent level to 15 percent. The organizations signing on to the request range from livestock and meat associations to food processors, environmental groups and representatives of boats and small engine makers.
In a letter addressed to the EPA Docket Clerk, the organizations expressed their appreciation of agency’s efforts in soliciting comments on this waiver application. However, “because of the complexity and highly technical nature of the application’s potential implications, a 60-day extension would be needed, given the diverse array of parties that would be impacted, as well as the limited time to review.”
The EPA Docket No: [EPA–HQ–OAR–2009–0211; FRL–8894–5], “Notice of Receipt of a Clean Air Act Waiver Application to Increase the Allowable Ethanol Content of Gasoline to 15 Percent; Request for Comment,” was published in the Federal Register on April 21, 2009.
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Reece
OK, Pro-Ethanol folks, the unified opposition has just handed you a gift. Since the pro-ethanol side has so far had an anemic, poorly-coordinated response to the comment period, MAYBE you can rally and launch some appropriately-scaled public awareness effort, wide-spread blogging campaign, actual national ADVERTISING or some basic cooperation, unified on a single message. As an industry, if you can’t accomplish this task together, you will get the result that you deserve.
The clock is ticking.
Maybe you will find that enriching retired Generals and ex-Congressmen will not get the job done. It’s the PEOPLE that need to be on your side, or any gains will be short-lived.
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