D36 LAO RED ALERT !
MUST BE IN BY 10/28/15! Members, please take 2 minutes to send your message to STOP your RACE fuels going to 15% ethanol.
Petition Take Action will take you 2 minutes to do, and will send a huge message OHV does not support this, and will be sent to YOUR congressional member regardless of party affiliation.
Dave Pickett D36 LAO
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Congressional letter aims to prevent E15-related engine damage
Urge your representative to sign before the new deadline, Oct. 28!
Members of Congress who have signed to date: Current cosigners (122): Flores, Welch, Goodlatte, Costa, Womack, Babin, Barletta, Barr, Barton, Bilirakis, Michael Bishop, Black, Boustany, Jr., Brady, Bridenstine, Mo Brooks, Burgess, Byrne, Buddy Carter, John Carter, Chabot, Coffman, Cole, Chris Collins, Doug Collins, Comstock, Crawford, Crenshaw, Cuellar, Culberson, Curbelo, DeFazio, Dent, Diaz-Balart, Jeff Duncan, John Duncan, Ellmers, Farenthold, Fincher, Fleischmann, Fleming, Foxx, Frankel, Franks, Frelinghuysen, Garrett, Chris Gibson, Gosar, Granger, Graves, Gene Green, Griffith, Hanna, Harper, Harris, Heck, Hensarling, Hice, Hill, Holding, Hudson, Hunter, Hurt, Jolly, Jones, Jordan, Kelly, Lamborn, Lance, Long, Loudermilk, MacArthur, Marchant, Massie, McClintock, McKinley, Meehan, Mica, Mulvaney, Tim Murphy, Neugebauer, Newhouse, Nugent, Olson, Palazzo, Palmer, Pearce, Perry, Pingree, Pittenger, Poe, Pompeo, Posey, Rice, Richmond, Roe, Rohrabacher, Ross, Rothfus, Rouzer, Russell, Austin Scott, Sensenbrenner, Jr., Sessions, Simpson, Lamar Smith, Stewart, Thornberry, Valadao, Veasey, Walberg, Mimi Walters, Weber, Wenstrup, Westerman, Williams, Joe Wilson, Woodall, Yoho, Don Young, Zinke
U.S. Reps. Bill Flores (R-Texas), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Jim Costa (D-Calif.) and Steve Womack (R-Ark.) are taking the lead by sending a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to discourage it from breaching the Renewable Fuel Standard blend wall. The blend wall is the point at which no more ethanol can be blended without creating higher-ethanol blends, such as E15 and above.
The bipartisan letter comes in response to the EPA’s proposed Renewable Volume Obligations rule for 2014, 2015 and 2016 and is scheduled to arrive before the RVOs are finalized on Nov. 30. The EPA proposal would increase the amount of ethanol from all sources in the nation’s fuel supply to 17.4 billion gallons in 2016, up from 15.93 billion gallons in 2014.
Those increases would come despite the EPA’s acknowledgement that the current market cannot absorb these higher ethanol production rates. The practical effect of the EPA’s action is that ethanol production will exceed the “blend wall.” That means more E15 and less E10 on future markets. More E15 will inevitably lead to inadvertent misfueling, which can damage motorcycle and all-terrain-vehicle engines. Moreover, the use of E15 may void the manufacturer’s warranty.
The EPA’s proposed rule does not consider the concerns of motorcyclists and ATV owners, despite the agency’s knowing that none of the estimated 22 million motorcycles and ATVs in use in the United States is approved to use blends with more than 10 percent ethanol (E10).
This letter would help protect millions of motorcycle and ATV vehicles and the riders who depend on their safe operation.
The new deadline for signatures is Wednesday, Oct. 28! Act today to ensure your representative signs the Flores/Welch/Goodlatte/Costa/Womack letter.
To urge your representative to sign on to the bipartisan letter, just follow the “Take Action” option, which will send a prewritten email directly to your lawmaker demanding access to safe fuel.
Now more than ever, it is crucial that you and your riding friends become members of the AMA to help protect our riding freedoms. More members mean more clout against the opponents of motorcycling. That support will help fight for your rights – on the road, trail, racetrack, and in the halls of government. If you are a motorcycle rider, join the AMA at AmericanMotorcyclist.com/membership/join.
Congressional Dear Colleague and letter: RFS Blendwall DC and Letter.docx
