E15 Comment Deadline now July 20th - Florida-Offshore.Com

Tell EPA to Deny Waiver Petition to Allow E-15
EPA Should Not Allow Increased Ethanol Blends

Comment Deadline now July 20th!

On March 6, 2009, a new pro-ethanol lobbying organization called Growth Energy and 54 ethanol manufacturers formally requested that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) increase ethanol blend levels in gasoline up to 15 percent (E15). As is required by law, EPA on April 21 published a Notice for Comment in the Federal Register, beginning a 30-day public comment period. On May 15, EPA extended the comment period. The original public comment period was slated to end on May 21, 2009 but will now be extended to July 20, 2009.

NMMA needs your help.

Ethanol Advocates are mobilizing their forces to submit 20,000 favorable comments to EPA requesting that the Agency grant a waiver for E15.

Let's beat them at their own game. There are 18 million boats currently in operation in the U.S., and none of them has been designed, certified or warrantied to run on anything above E10, the current maximum legal blend level. Boaters know very well that increased ethanol blends will cause performance problems with their boats and engines, increase maintenance costs, potentially pose safety risks and increase air pollution. E15 will also void manufacturer warranties.

And yet, neither EPA nor any other federal agency has done a single test on the impacts of E15 on marine engines, fuel systems, or components. We ask you to support a science first approach and urge EPA to deny the ethanol industry's E15 waiver request unless and until independent and comprehensive scientific testing is completed on a full range of marine engines and other products.

Click HERE and Scroll to the Bottom to quickly and easily submit Comments to EPA. The deadline for comments is July 20, 2009.


Create an Account		Home · Forums · Photos · ReefCast · WaveCast · Bluewater Supermap · FREE SSTs · NWS Forecasts · Tide Tables · Solunar Tables · Your Account