A U.S. Representative says it will take an act of Congress to make sure E15 is available at pumps nationwide this summer.
Iowa Republican Randy Feenstra tells Brownfield current regulations would prohibit the sale of fuel blended with 15 percent ethanol from June 1st to September 15th in about 70 percent of the U.S.
“We looked at it several different ways and tried to approach the EPA (but) they have no interest in doing this, so we have to, as Congress, we have to act.”
He says that’s where the Homefront Energy Independence Act comes in.