Senate Resolution 14 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                 BY  KIBBIE and JOHNSON
  1  3 A Resolution urging the United States Environmental
  1  4    Protection Agency to authorize the use of higher blends
  1  5    of ethanol in nonflex fuel vehicles.
  1  6    WHEREAS, the state of Iowa is the leading state in
  1  7 the production of ethanol and using ethanol in its
  1  8 vehicles; and
  1  9    WHEREAS, the state of Iowa, like other ethanol
  1 10 producing states, will be forced to curtail ethanol
  1 11 production due to artificial regulatory barriers; and
  1 12    WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection
  1 13 Agency has not yet approved the use of ethanol blends
  1 14 in excess of 10 percent in nonflex fuel vehicles,
  1 15 although the agency has the authority to approve the
  1 16 use of higher ethanol blends in such vehicles; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, nonflex fuel vehicles run safely using
  1 18 ethanol blends of E=20, E=30, and E=40; and
  1 19    WHEREAS, the federal Energy Independence and
  1 20 Security Act of 2007, Pub. L. No. 110=140, requires
  1 21 the increased use of ethanol, a requirement that could
  1 22 be addressed through the use of higher ethanol blends
  1 23 in nonflex fuel vehicles; and
  1 24    WHEREAS, numerous studies have shown favorable
  1 25 emissions data through the use of E=20 and E=30 in
  1 26 comparison with unleaded gasoline; and
  1 27    WHEREAS, authorizing the use of higher blends of
  1 28 ethanol in nonflex fuel vehicles will double or triple
  1 29 the use of American=grown ethanol; and
  1 30    WHEREAS, the increased production of ethanol and
  2  1 related job creation will benefit Iowa significantly,
  2  2 as well as benefit Iowa drivers and fuel consumers
  2  3 through the use of additional ethanol blends at lower
  2  4 cost, and through greater fuel efficiency in some
  2  5 vehicles using ethanol blends; and
  2  6    WHEREAS, this state and nation continue to strive
  2  7 for energy independence, and increasing the use of
  2  8 ethanol and other biofuels is one more approach toward
  2  9 reaching self=sufficiency; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 10    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Iowa Senate
  2 11 strongly supports and urges the prompt authorization
  2 12 and implementation by the United States Environmental
  2 13 Protection Agency and other appropriate federal
  2 14 agencies of the use of higher levels of ethanol blends
  2 15 in nonflex fuel vehicles; and
  2 16    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
  2 17 resolution be sent to the President of the United
  2 18 States, the President of the United States Senate, the
  2 19 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives,
  2 20 members of the Iowa congressional delegation, and the
  2 21 Administrator of the United States Environmental
  2 22 Protection Agency.
  2 23 LSB 1984SS 83
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