Ethanol Lobbyists Make Last-Ditch Effort to Delay Calif.’s Low-Carbon Fuel Rules

Ethanol lobbyists in Washington Tuesday made a last-ditch attempt to send California's low-carbon fuel regulation back to the drafting stage, with a plea to a key state official to reject the rule on the grounds that its architects did not follow proper procedures. In a letter to Susan Lapsley, director of California's Office of Administrative Law, the Renewable Fuels Association charged the state California Air Resources Board (CARB) with circumventing the required administrative process after it tentatively approved the low-carbon fuel standard earlier this year. CARB filed the rule with the administrative office November 25, in what amounts to a final bureaucratic hurdle before the agency can formally approve the rule.

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