Attention Fuel Shoppers
A New study confirms that better E15 warning labels are needed to protect boaters from costly mistakes at the fuel pump
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As newly elected officials descend on Washington, D.C., marine-industry lobbyists armed with a new set of data are hoping after years of trying with the Environmental Protection Agency to get better consumer warning labels about the dangers of ethanol-blended fuels that can wreck marine engines.
“It’s been a long time coming,” says Callie Hoyt, director of federal government relations for the National Marine Manufacturers Association. “We knew that the E15 label was pretty inadequate, and we’ve been engaged with the EPA over the years, and for a long time now have been urging them to take steps to do more about this misfueling crisis.”