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Washington, D.C.-Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Member on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, along with Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME), and Congressmen Bilbray (R-CA), Dan Boren (D-OK), Darrell Issa (R-CA), and Jim Moran (D-VA) today introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation, which allows for a more sensible implementation of corn-ethanol policy while encouraging greater competition in the pursuit of advanced biofuels. The bill, The Fuel Feedstock Freedom Act (S. 1085), gives individual States the option not to participate in the corn ethanol portion of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). It also expands the cellulosic biofuel carve-out to include algae and any non-ethanol renewable fuel derived from renewable biomass. This new feedstock-neutral definition will encourage the use of renewable feedstocks such as algae, while promoting the production of drop-in fuels, which are both engine friendly and can be readily blended and transported in the nation's existing distribution infrastructure.
