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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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April 12, 2002DEFEAT OF FEINSTEIN ANTI-RFS AMENDMENT IS VICTORY FOR ENERGY SECURITY AND RENEWABLE FUELS Senate Votes to Promote Renewable Fuels 61 to 36
WASHINGTON, DC - Following action by the U.S. Senate today to protect the renewable fuels standard (RFS) provisions of the energy bill, the Renewable Fuels Association declared a victory for energy security, clean air, consumers, and renewable fuels. By a bipartisan, filibuster-proof vote of 61 to 36, the Senate tabled, or defeated, an amendment by California Senator Dianne Feinstein, which would have reduced the maximum time for the EPA to respond to RFS waiver requests from 240 to 30 days. The RFS provisions are backed by a historic coalition including members of the oil industry, agricultural groups, environmental groups, public safety agencies, and the ethanol industry. The amendment was offered during debate on S. 517, the Senate energy bill.
Bob Dinneen, RFA president, made the following statement after the Senate action:
“Today’s strong support for a meaningful renewable fuels standard reflects the commitment of the American people to forge a new direction for meeting our nation’s energy needs. Energy security, affordable gasoline, and clean air are not mutually exclusive. Today’s strong endorsement of an RFS is a step in the right direction for a brighter energy future.
“Given the broad, bipartisan support for enacting a meaningful RFS, today’s outcome was never really in doubt. The American people want more reliance on clean, domestic fuels and less reliance on Saddam Hussein. They want MTBE out of their gasoline and out of their drinking water. And they want affordable gasoline while not sacrificing air quality. That’s what the RFS provisions embody and that’s why the attempt to undue this historic agreement was soundly defeated.”
For more information, visit the Renewable Fuels Association website at: www.ethanolrfa.org.
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