-- 周三,立法者提出一项法案,允许在全美范围内全年销售E15汽油。 该提案还要求环境保护署(EPA)完成待定的规则制定,承认E15与现有基础设施和设备兼容。 此外,爱荷华州可再生燃料协会(IRFA)在一份声明中表示,由E15农村国内能源委员会成员提出的众议院农业法案修正案,通过明确2028年起哪些炼油厂符合“小型”炼油厂的资格,改革了可再生燃料标准(RFS)炼油厂豁免流程。 符合新标准的炼油厂将自动获得75%的RFS义务减免。 规模较大的炼油厂可以紧急申请RFS豁免。IRFA表示,今后RFS豁免名额将不再重新分配。 IRFA执行董事蒙特·肖表示:“IRFA很高兴看到这项妥协性法案最终得以提出。”我们的信息很简单:立即将此法案送交总统签署生效。 可再生燃料协会主席杰夫·库珀表示,该修正案在众多利益相关者之间取得了恰当的平衡,这些利益相关者在过去几个月里与众议院委员会进行了真诚的磋商。 “我们相信,农业、炼油、生物燃料和燃料零售等各方都会广泛支持这项修正案,”库珀说道。 今年1月,立法者从一项拨款法案中移除了全年使用E15燃料的条款,转而成立了E15农村国内能源委员会,负责研究该问题并在2月份提出相关立法。 由工会工人和美国独立炼油商组成的“促进美国就业联盟”(FAJC)反对这些措施。 “很明显,乙醇行业对全年使用E15燃料的妥协方案不感兴趣,因为该方案会抑制可再生燃料标准监管成本的波动,”FAJC领导层在一份新闻稿中表示。
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