WASHINGTON — In separate letters sent Aug. 14, Governor Beverly Perdue (D-N.C.) and Governor Mike Beebe (D-Ark.) officially petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to grant a waiver from the ethanol quotas mandated by the federal Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS).
"It is now beyond dispute that our nation is undergoing a severe, prolonged drought that is of historic proportions and is causing widespread damage to many of the most productive agricultural regions in the country," Governor Perdue noted in her petition. The direct harm, she added, was "caused by the RFS requirement to utilize ever-increasing amounts. . .
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