EPA proposes study of possible RFS ethanol quota air quality impacts

Oil & Gas Journal: The US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a study of whether ethanol volume quotas under the Renewable Fuel Standard are having adverse air quality impacts. The so-called anti-backsliding study, which is part of a proposed consent decree that would partially settle an Oct. 20, 2017, Sierra Club lawsuit alleging EPA did not meet Clean Air Act requirements before implementing the RFS, would be completed by Mar. 30, 2020.

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