Washington, D.C. - Congressman Dave Loebsack reiterated his call for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to scrap its current proposal for the 2014, 2015 and 2016 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) obligations. Today is the deadline for stakeholders to submit their comments to the EPA regarding RFS obligations that were lower than the amount that has been mandated by Congress. Loebsack has been leading the fight to highlight the importance of the RFS to Iowa. The comments Loebsack submitted to the EPA can be viewed here.
"I was very disappointed to hear that the proposed (RFS) volumes were lower than the amount that has been mandated by Congress," Loebsack wrote to the EPA. "As you know the EPA's low blending volumes do not help to advance an industry that was created to become a fuel source of the future. I urge your office re-evaluate the proposed RVOs, recognizing the current proposal does not strengthen our energy supply or give consumers choice at the pump."
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