LINCOLN- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers is joining with Iowa to sue the Environmental Protection Agency over a request to allow the sale of year-round gasoline blended with up to 15% ethanol, known as E15. In April 2022, eight governors — including then-Gov. Pete Ricketts — asked the EPA to allow the sale of E15 gas through the summer. The EPA has blown off a 90-day response period.

“The EPA’s ongoing failure to act following our E15 notification … is nothing more than a thinly veiled disguise of their disdain towards clean, renewable, American-produced ethanol,” Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said. E15 blended fuel is typically banned from sale during summer months due to concerns about air pollution, though the federal government temporarily lifted the ban last year

In May of this year, the EPA issued a temporary waiver for three weeks to allow the sale again. Hilgers argued that waiver should be made permanent. Nebraska and Iowa are the top two ethanol producers in the country. During this year’s legislative session, Nebraska lawmakers passed a bill requiring all state gas stations offer the fuel.

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