Senators demand end to ethanol subsidy and tariff

BrighterEnergy.org
12/1/10
By James Cartledge Send to a colleague

A bipartisan group of 17 US Senators has called on Congressional leaders to end ethanol import tariffs and subsidies.

Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) wrote a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell demanding they allow the 54 cent per gallon tariff on ethanol imports to expire at the end of this year.

The letter, signed by Senators including Barbara Boxer, John McCain and Susan Collins, also urged the Senate Leaders to hold back from renewing the 45 cent per gallon Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit supporting the blending of ethanol in gasoline.

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