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E-15 Waiver Delay Still Garnering Attention

Senators Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, John Thune, R-S.D., Mike Johanns, R-Neb., and Kit Bond, R-Mo., are pressing President Obama on his administration's delay to further delay a decision to allow for E15 blends of gasoline. In a letter Tuesday the Senators asked for immediate consideration of an interim blend of E12 as well as prompt action on the waiver petition submitted over a year ago by Growth Energy. National Farmers Union also weighed in on the delay until the fall. NFU Vice President of Government Relations Chandler Goule expressed NFU's disappointment and said farmers are getting impatient.

According to Goule further delay continues to impede real energy solutions from U.S. farms and ranches. It also delays the creation of thousands of U.S. jobs and the reduction of the nation's dependence on fossil fuels. Considering the administration talks so adamantly about the benefits of domestic, renewable fuels, Senators Grassley, Thune, Johanns and Bond write that it's hard to understand how they can allow such delay and inaction.