Law & Order

Maine Bill Would Lessen Obstacles to Prohibiting Ethanol Blended Gasoline

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

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In 2013, legislation to prohibit the sale and distribution of corn-based ethanol in Maine was signed into law.

In 2013, legislation to prohibit the sale and distribution of corn-based ethanol in Maine was signed into law. Under the new law, 10 other states or a number of states with a collective population of 30,000,000 would have to enact a similar prohibition before the Maine law could go into effect. This year, legislation has been introduced to amend the law to provide that this prohibition would take effect if only three other states have enacted laws that prohibit the sale of motor fuel containing corn-based ethanol.

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