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Regulators Delay Decision to Increase Ethanol in Gasoline

By Brendan Demelle on June 22, 2010

Citing the need for more time to complete testing, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has delayed for the second time a decision to increase the percentage of ethanol that can be blended into the domestic gasoline supply. Regulators said testing on higher ethanol blends will be completed in September.

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