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Tell EPA to Deny Waiver Petition to Allow E15
EPA Should Not Allow Increased Ethanol Blends

On March 6, 2009, a new pro-ethanol lobbying organization called Growth Energy and 54 ethanol manufacturers formally requested that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) increase ethanol blend levels in gasoline up to 15 percent (E15). As is required by law, EPA on April 21 published a Notice for Comment in the Federal Register, beginning a 30-day public comment period.

NMMA needs your help.



Ethanol Advocates are mobilizing their forces to submit 20,000 favorable comments to EPA requesting that the Agency grant a waiver for E15.

Let's beat them at their own game. There are 18 million boats currently in operation in the U.S., and none of them has been designed, certified or warrantied to run on anything above E10, the current maximum legal blend level. Boaters know very well that increased ethanol blends will cause performance problems with their boats and engines, increase maintenance costs, potentially pose safety risks and increase air pollution. E15 will also void manufacturer warranties.

And yet, neither EPA nor any other federal agency has done a single test on the impacts of E15 on marine engines, fuel systems, or components. We ask you to support a science first approach and urge EPA to deny the ethanol industry's E15 waiver request unless and until independent and comprehensive scientific testing is completed on a full range of marine engines and other products.
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Done it

Submitted. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I hope that everyone on this forum will submit the email. This is an extremely important issue. If boaters do not fight against this, we will get screwed again.

I don't say much but I am totally against this EPA 15 BS. It's all about MONEY in certain people's pockets who care nothing at all about who this affects. Don't even get me started on this subject.

it's also about funding politicians' re-election campaigns. that's all most of this global warming bullshit is about. wisconsin is FULL of crooked politicians getting their coffers filled by their buddies they set up with ethanol plants. politicians make me sick. when i meet one now, i refuse to shake their hand.

You can rest assured I sent the eamil early this morning & got confirmation of it being received.

I got'er did!!

Sent my vote! Haven't seen any effect on the Mercury , yet. Wife's '07 Ford Exploer drops two mpg, dash computer, on E10. We have ethanol free at a couple of local stations. I try to burn that all I can.

it's a f---ing scam, it provides less power per volume, and
cradle to grave doesn't release less CO2, as if that matters
anyway. the stupid american people are happy to believe
all this bullshit fake science being peddled by their scumbag
lying dirtbag politicians, who are laughing their asses off all
the way to bank, because americans are so damn gullible.

MY DAD HAS A 2003 MERCURY 60 HP 2 STROKE- THE MOTOR HAS ALWAYS DONE WELL UNTIL JUST RECENTLY. WE TRIED ADDITIVES TO THE GAS TANK, CLEANING THE CARBS, AND REPLACING THE FUEL FILTER AND NOTHING HELPED. SOMEONE TOLD US ABOUT THE CHANGE IN THE GAS MIX AND THAT WATER FORMS IN THE TANK CAUSING PROBLEMS- WHAT ADDITIVES CAN BE ADDED TO MINIMIZE THE CONDENSATION?