The US Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday issued a temporary emergency waiver to allow countrywide sales of E15 fuel in the summer, Administrator Lee Zeldin said, easing controls amid government concerns about adequate supply."Based on the information we possess, we foresee potential for a disruption to the American fuel supply," Zeldin said at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston, after global oil prices spiked following the launch of the US-Israel war on Iran.
The EPA issued a "temporary emergency fuel waiver" to allow the sale of E15 -- gasoline blended with 15 percent ethanol -- in the summer. Such sale is normally prohibited due to environmental concerns related to the fuel's volatility.
The EPA also removed "all federal impediments to selling E10," gasoline blended with 10 percent ethanol, Zeldin said.
