E15 Gas Pump Labels Get White House OK

Convenience Store News
Jun 10, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Obama administration has given the OK to a new gasoline pump label that would alert motorists when they are about to fill their vehicles with a fuel blended with a higher rate of ethanol.

The move comes five months after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved raising the amount of ethanol in gas to 15 percent, up from the previous 10 percent, for newer cars and trucks. The EPA's approval was hailed by ethanol industry insiders and farmers who supply corn to make the fuel, according to Reuters.

Pro-ethanol trade group Growth Energy said the new labels could clear the path for E15 gas to become available across the country by end of September. The EPA still needs to register E15 before it can be sold.

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