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STATES DON'T HAVE TO ADD ETHANOL

Will save 8 cents per gallon

States will no longer have to add ethanol or MTBE to gasoline as a means of controlling emissions; a move experts say will save up to eight cents per gallon, according to new rules just released by EPA. The new rules eliminate a requirement of the 1990 Clean Air Act (CAA) requiring gasoline used in urban heavy smog areas to contain at least 2% oxygen by weight. Most states used ethanol or MTBE to meet the oxygenate requirement.



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