Administrator Michael Regan with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency spent much of Tuesday in Iowa, reports KBOE.
Regan toured an ethanol plant in Nevada and he told reporters the EPA’s announcement on biofuels production levels is coming.
“It’s a priority and I’ll be honest with you, the last team left us in a little bit of a deficit. There were some decisions that were not made for 2019, 2020, and 2021,” Regan said. “We’re working on a strategy for how we can make up for lost time, but have integrity in the system so that when we come up with a product, we’re not legally vulnerable for skipping steps.”
The legal dispute over how the EPA previously awarded ethanol blending waivers to the oil industry has reached the U.S. Supreme Court. The EPA, which Regan has led since March 11, just rescinded three ethanol waivers granted on President Trump’s last day in office.
