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Governors from Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota are urging the US Department of Agriculture to provide some relief to the ethanol industry.
E15 sales in Minnesota fell below the 6-million gallon mark in March as traffic in the state came to a halt following a peacetime emergency declaration in the state to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
A bipartisan group of 24 senators, led by Sen. Tina Smith, have sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to reject requests from five state governors to have the RFS waived.
The COVID-19 pandemic is crippling the ethanol industry and help is needed now, not later.
The latest coronavirus relief package introduced in the US House of Representatives includes the Renewable Fuel Reimbursement Program which provides financial relief for the ethanol industry.
Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Amy Klobuchar have introduced legislation to reimburse ethanol producers for feedstock purchases made in the first quarter of this year to provide the industry with some much-needed relief.
E15 sales in Minnesota totaled 3.82 million gallons in April - the lowest monthly volume since September 2018 - due to the state's stay-at-home order to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
After two straight months of declining sales, E15 sales in Minnesota in May turned a corner and climbed up to 5.42 million gallons as the state's stay-at-home order expired.
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The Congressional Biofuel Caucus, led by Minnesota's Rep. Collin Peterson, is asking Senate and House leaders to include aid for the ethanol industry in the next coronavirus relief package.
E15 sales in Minnesota in June totaled 6.25 million gallons, 14.88 percent higher than the 5.44 million gallons recorded in May.
E15 sales in Minnesota in July grew 7.5 percent to 6.7 million gallons from 6.25 million gallons in June, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced it has rejected 54 of the 68 "gap year" small refinery exemption (SRE) applications it received this year.
