EPA mandates increased ethanol use

Prairie Business Magazine - Grand Forks Herald (North Dakota)
Cole Gustafson, Prairie Business Magazine
Published Friday, January 09, 2009

The Enivornmental Protection Agency has announced a higher national blend rate for ethanol of 10.21 percent in 2009. This raises many questions for ethanol producers, corn growers, the livestock industry and automobile owners.

The previous ethanol blend rate of 7.76 percent was established by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Since it is an average national blend rate and some areas have minimal ethanol consumption, the Midwest needs to blend higher levels of ethanol in gasoline to meet the goal.

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