A recent survey found that 35 percent of the registered sellers of E15 are not labeling the higher-ethanol gas at the pump.
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Six of the 17 registered sellers of E15 had not labeled the pump accordingly, according to Cindy Squires, chief counsel of public affairs and director of regulatory affairs for the National Marine Manufacturers Association.
The survey also found that several service stations selling the fuel blended with 15 percent ethanol were not registered, as required by the Renewable Fuel Standard, the Environmental Protection Agency mandate that calls for an overall reduction in the fuel supply through the use of biofuels.
“After the gas stations were surveyed, it turned out six of those sites had not even put a basic warning label on the pump,” Squires told Soundings Trade Only. “That’s very concerning to us. Even with all the scrutiny on E15 these sellers didn’t bother to even label the pump.”
One of the conditions stations must adhere to in order to sell E15 is to sign up to have a survey of their operations performed.
“It’s part of the EPA’s effort to make sure they’re fulfilling the mandates they’ve put forward,” Squires said.
“Now there are 18 registered program sites, and we’ve just heard that there may be some sites that aren’t registered, so they may not be complying with anything,” Squires said. “This is from the firm that they are required to hire to check on their compliance, so it’s troubling something that simple can’t be complied with.”
The sellers of E15 are in Iowa, Kansas and South Dakota.
— Reagan Haynes
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