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Farmers blame Trump for biofuels rule they view as betrayal

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — waived over a three-year the actual waived amount,
Agriculture commodity period, which would add increasing biofuels blend-
groups and some farmers about 1.3 billion gallons ing by about 770 million
expressed frustration and (2.5 billion imperial gallons) gallons (641 million imperial
anger Wednesday with a of biofuels back into the gallons), about half of what
rule released by the En- nation's fuel supply next the industry expected.
vironmental Protection year. That would ensure "I thought a deal was a
Agency that they said fails that beginning in 2020 the deal. When Donald Trump
to uphold a promise Presi- government would com- makes a deal isn't it a
dent Donald Trump made ply with the 15 billion gal- deal?" said Monte Shaw,
12 days ago to fulfill the lon (12.5 billion imperial executive director of the
intent of an ethanol law gallon) standard already Iowa Renewable Fuels As-
passed by Congress. required under federal law. sociation, a trade group
Since Trump became presi- The deal would not restore for the 43 ethanol plants
dent, the EPA has given Monte Shaw, executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels the already lost biofuels, a and 11 biodiesel refineries
Association; Grant Kimberley, executive director of the Iowa
85 oil refineries exemptions Biodiesel Board and Craig Floss, CEO of the Iowa Corn Growers compromise the industry in Iowa, the nation's largest
from blending ethanol into Association hold a press conference at the Iowa Corn head- was willing to make in ex- biofuels producer.
the gasoline they sell. That quarters in Johnston, Iowa, on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. change for an EPA promise The exemptions were de-
has removed 4 billion gal- Associated Press to change policy going for- signed to ease the bur-
lons of corn-based ethanol After months of pressure lost through the exemp- ward. den on small refineries that
from the market, anger- from farmers, trade groups tions. On Tuesday, the EPA re- might not be able to eco-
ing farmers who rely on and lawmakers and gov- Farmers and lawmakers leased the draft rule that nomically blend required
the ethanol industry to buy ernors in farm states, Trump say the EPA had agreed would use a three-year ethanol amounts, but the
nearly 40% of the corn crop on Oct. 4 announced plans to add waived ethanol average of gallons the En- EPA under Trump has al-
produced to make the re- to require oil refineries to re- back into the fuel supply ergy Department recom- lowed exemptions for prof-
newable fuel additive. place the ethanol gallons by calculating the amount mended waiving instead of itable larger refineries.q

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