WASHINGTON — USDA is now accepting applications for federal REAP (Rural Energy for America Program) funds to help gasoline retailers install blender pumps designed to give consumers flexibility and choice in the ethanol blends they use, according to a release from the Renewable Fuels Association.
This is the third year that blender pumps have been authorized as part of the REAP program. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced in 2011 that USDA had plans to install 10,000 blender pumps during the next five years.
The RFA said that announcement and this year's opening of the application process is welcomed news. . .
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