EPA Faces Competing Calls On Revisions To Flex-Fuel Vehicle GHG Credit

摘要

EPA is facing competing calls to change its draft plan to revise its flexible-fuel vehicles' (FFVs) credit for its greenhouse gas (GHG) tailpipe rules, with biofuels advocates seeking a higher credit to avoid risking automakers halting production of FFVs, while environmentalists say the credit is an "artificial" way to assess GHGs and must be lowered. Automakers meanwhile are offering general support for the agency's draft guidance issued March 22, but are asking EPA to use the FFV credit program as a way to resolve some of their concerns with the agency's renewable fuels policies..