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RFA proposes E15 label with no warnings

The Renewable Fuels Association takes issue with the EPA’s proposed E15 label for fuel pumps that contains the words “danger and warning” in bold red letters. “Those words are reserved, generally, when a person’s physical health may be in danger,” says the RFA’s Matt Hartwig.  He says there is nothing ‘dangerous’ about ethanol fuel that consumers should be cautioned about, “And would leave a consumer worried that perhaps this is a bad fuel. They have statements in there such as ‘this fuel might damage other vehicles’ and things of that nature when they have no scientific evidence to support that.”

Hartwig says the RFA has proposed labels with just the facts:  E15 for use in 2007 & newer gasoline cars, light duty trucks and all flex-fuel vehicles, saying ‘federal law prohibits the use of E15 in other vehicles and engines.’

In its comments submitted to the EPA, the RFA also opposes having two labels – as proposed by the Federal Trade Commission.  They recommend letting gas marketers determine the look of their labels for their own needs and say there’s no need for labels for E10 blends.