Two attorneys general are working to lower gas prices for the summer.
Kansas AG Derek Schmidt and Iowa AG Tom Miller asked the EPA to allow the sale of gasoline blended with 15% ethanol this summer to ease prices at the pump. Both attorneys general said, in a letter to the EPA, doing so will give the citizens of their states relief from the volatile and record-high gas prices.
Air-quality regulations prohibit the sale of E15 from June 1st to September 15th in many areas of the United States. The EPA has the authority to allow E15 fuel to be sold year-round when extreme or unusual fuel or fuel additive supply circumstances exist. Kansas and Iowa are among the nation’s top ethanol producers. Schmidt is a Republican and Miller is a Democrat.
