OPPOSITION TO E15 – NMMA & ENGINE PRODUCTS GROUP FILES PETITION ASKING U.S. SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW DECISION ON LACK OF STANDING

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On March 25, 2013 the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) as a part of The Engine Products Group, comprising the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (Alliance), The Association of Global Automakers, the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute and the National Marine Manufacturers Association; filed a petition for certiorari asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the DC Circuit Court of Appeals’ August 2012 decision that none of the trade associations or parties had standing in the case. 

The group is challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to grant partial waivers approving the sale of gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol (E-15) for 2001 model year and newer passenger cars and light trucks.  The Court of Appeals dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction in August 2012.
 
The petition asks the Supreme Court to accept the case for review.  If the Supreme Court accepts the case, the parties will then ask that court to reverse the Court of Appeal’s ruling and find the parties have the right to challenge EPA’s partial waiver decisions that allow sale of E15 for some passenger cars and light trucks but not older vehicles and not for use in motorcycles, boats and off road engines.  
 
NMMA has long been fighting on behalf of the recreational boating industry as it relates to the dangers to consumers of using fuel with a percentage of ethanol above 10 percent in boat engines and the detriment it causes to the $72 billion per year U.S. recreational boating industry.
 
If you have questions, contact Sara Anghel sanghel@nmma.org at NMMA Canada, or Lauren Dunn at ldunn@nmma.org

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