EPA Continues Mandate for Imaginary Biofuels

May 28th, 2012
Lonely Conservative

The EPA’s war on business continues. The agency refused a request by petroleum producers to get rid of a mandate that they use imaginary biofuels. Not only that, they’ve been fining companies that don’t use the nonexistent biofuels. This is outrageous.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today denied the American Petroleum Institute s (API s) request to eliminate mandates for biofuels that do not exist, and the agency continues to fine refiners for not using them.

EPA s mandate is out of touch with reality and forces refiners to pay a penalty for not using imaginary biofuels, said API Director of Downstream and Industry Operations Bob Greco. EPA s unrealistic mandate is effectively an added tax on making gasoline.

The Clean Air Act requires EPA to determine the mandated volume of cellulosic biofuels each year at the projected volume available. However, in 2011 EPA required refineries to use 6.6 million gallons of cellulosic biofuels even though, according to EPA s own records, none were commercially available. EPA today denied API s 2011 petition for reconsideration of the mandate and continues to mandate these nonexistent biofuels this year.

The fact that EPA continues to mandate these biofuels that do not exist is regulatory absurdity and bad public policy, Greco said.

What on earth will they think of next? Good grief.

Via Doug Ross