Engine Products Group Petitions Supreme Court to Review E15 Decision

OPEI's Kris Kiser Comments on Engine Product Group E15 Appeal

The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI), along with automakers and marine manufacturers, today announced a formal legal challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) "Regulation to Mitigate Misfueling" rule which was meant to address concerns about 15 percent ethanol blends and non-road products and older model-year vehicles.

Several major U.S. oil refiners said Tuesday that they won't sell gasoline containing 15% ethanol despite recent government authorization for fuel makers to start distributing the fuel blend.

The fight against a higher blend of ethanol in gasoline has heated up with two automotive trade groups, small-engine makers and marine manufacturers expected to take court action on Monday.