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05.20.20

Ernst Presses EPA Administrator on RFS, Biofuel Infrastructure

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a relentless fighter for Iowa’s biofuel community, pressed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler today at a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on his awareness of the impact COVID-19 has had on ethanol producers, how he intends to handle the request for an RFS waiver, and his commitment to expand biofuel infrastructure by fixing ongoing labeling issues for higher blends of ethanol.