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EPA Issues Emergency Fuel Waiver for E15 Sales
EPA takes action to provide consumers relief at the pump by helping ensure
an adequate fuel supply

April 28, 2023

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EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov)
WASHINGTON � The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today is issuing an
emergency fuel waiver to allow E15 gasoline � gasoline blended with 15%
ethanol � to be sold during the summer driving season.

This action will provide Americans with relief at the pump from ongoing
market supply issues created by Russia�s unprovoked war in Ukraine by
increasing fuel supply and offering consumers more choices at the pump.
The waiver will help protect Americans from fuel supply crises by reducing
our reliance on imported fossil fuels, building U.S. energy independence,
and supporting American agriculture and manufacturing. Current estimates
indicate that on average, E15 is about 25 cents a gallon cheaper than E10.

�The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to protecting Americans from
fuel supply challenges resulting from the ongoing war in Ukraine by
ensuring consumers have more choices at the pump,� said Administrator
Michael S. Regan. �Allowing E15 sales during the summer driving season
will not only help increase fuel supply, but support American farmers,
strengthen U.S. energy security, and provide relief to drivers across the
country.�

The Clean Air Act allows the EPA Administrator, in consultation with DOE,
to temporarily waive certain fuel requirements to address shortages. As a
result of the ongoing war in Ukraine, Administrator Regan determined that
extreme and unusual fuel supply circumstances exist and has granted a
temporary waiver to help ensure that an adequate supply of gasoline is
available. As required by law, EPA and DOE evaluated the situation and
determined that granting the waiver was in the public interest.

Currently, in roughly two-thirds of the country, E15 cannot be sold from
terminals starting on May 1 and at retail stations starting on June 1. EPA
is providing relief by extending the 1-psi Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP)
waiver that currently applies to E10 gasoline to E15, which will enable
E15 sales throughout the summer driving season in these areas, if
necessary. This action only extends the 1-psi waiver to E15 in parts of
the country where it already exists for E10. E15 can already be sold year-
round in parts of the country that have a Reformulated Gasoline (RFG)
program.

Because the RVP of E10 and E15 gasoline used by consumers will be the same
(both will be 1 psi higher than otherwise required by EPA or state
regulations) EPA does not expect any impact on air quality from this
limited action. EPA�s research has shown no significant impact on
evaporative emissions when the 1-psi waiver is extended to E15. With no
significant impacts on emissions from cars and trucks, we expect consumers
can continue to use E15 without concern that its use in the summer will
impact air quality.

EPA�s emergency fuel waiver will go into effect on May 1 when terminal
operators would otherwise no longer be able to sell E15 in the affected
regions of the country and will last through May 20 which is the statutory
maximum of 20 days. EPA will continue to monitor the supply with industry
and federal partners, and the Agency expects to issue new waivers
effectively extending the emergency fuel waiver until such time as the
extreme and unusual fuel supply circumstances due to the war in Ukraine
are no longer present.

For more information on this announcement, please visit EPA�s Fuel Waivers
webpage.

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