EPA seeks more comment on ethanol blend rate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday it was extending for 60 days, until July 20, the public comment period on a proposal to increase the amount of ethanol that could be blended into gasoline to as much as 15 percent per gallon of motor fuel.

Ethanol is now approved to make up 10 percent of gasoline in cars and trucks. Producers are pushing the government to allow higher ethanol blend levels, as more ethanol will be required each year under federal law.

Reuters