Political Quotes

“In addition to elimination of the oxygen mandate, as the Senator from Vermont has indicated, this legislation requires EPA to make a determination about the adequacy of any pending RFG petition to waive the oxygen content requirements of section 211(k)(2)(B) for RFG. If EPA fails to act in the required time, the petition shall be deemed approved. Although this includes an opt-out or other request, EPA's failure to act results in automatic approval of the petition only to the extent that the oxygen content requirement for RFG would be waived. No other RFG requirements are affected. This provision only applies to petitions pending at the time of enactment of this provision. The State of New Hampshire submitted to EPA a request to opt-out of the RFG program and set state fuel standards that are identical to the Federal RFG specifications, excluding the oxygen mandate. The EPA is instructed to interpret the New Hampshire RFG opt-out request as a request to eliminate the oxygen mandate. If the request is deemed adequate, either by EPA or by statute, the RFG sold and used in New Hampshire will not be required to adhere to the oxygen content requirement, effective immediately upon the adequacy determination. The removal of the oxygenate requirement alone, however, is not enough to ensure the removal of MTBE from gasoline. Therefore, Section 833 of this legislation contains a provision that prohibits the blending of MTBE in gasoline within 4 years of enactment.”