WASHINGTON — U.S. Reps. Gregg Harper (R–Miss.) and Jim Matheson (D–Utah) have introduced a bill that seeks to relieve businesses and consumers from an unattainable federal energy mandate.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has required the nation’s petroleum supply to contain a blend of more than 20 million gallons of renewable fuel additives, commonly referred to as cellulosic biofuel, since 2010.
However, the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service recently reported that cellulosic biofuel is not estimated to reach commercial volumes until at least 2015.
“This legislation simply requires the EPA to rely on actual industry production. . .
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