Notice of Receipt of a Request for a Clean Air Act Waiver to Increase the Allowable Ethanol Content of Gasoline to 15 Percent

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As the owner of a boat powered by an outboard engine, I engourage you to reject the waiver.  There is already sufficient evidence that the E10 fuels now are quite damaging to these engines.  I am a supporter of the research and testing for renewable fuels, but it is too early to allow for wide use of these fuels in engines that were not designed to handle it.  E15 fuel would lead to higher maintenance costs, loss of use, and potential safety problems for boat owners like me.Sincerely,C. Dickinson My 2001 Toyota only gets 20 mpg now.  If you allow for E15 to go into effect I will not be able to afford to drive my car to my $8.00 an hour job..  Lets get real,  We dont even know about the long term damage being done to my car with E10.  Lord knows I cant afford to buy another car!!!! I believe it is unfortunate many oil companies think they are in the petroleum industry when they should be in the energy business.  Instead of trying to stop ethanol they should embrace it and encourage its use.  We should not only have 15% ethanol blends but should have 100% ethanol vehicles Not only will increased use of ethanol further reduce my gas mileage, butaccording to my owner manual, anything higher than 10% ethanol will void thewarranty on my vehicle.The reduced mileage flies in the face of the nations desire to reduce carbonemissions.  Perhaps ethanol reduces the carbon emissions per gallon, but we haveto use more gallons so there is no noticeable reduction.  The increased usage of ethanol can cause corrosion that will cost a lot of moneyto repair.  Please consider all aspects before causing Americans to spend more money thatthey dont have. Please increase the ethanol content to at least E15.  All vehicles built sincethe early 1980s are tolerant of the oxygen that is a part of the ethanolmolecule.  Ethanol provides a boost to the octane without being a health threat(like Lead, Benzene or MTBE).Ethanol is a clean burning, high octane, renewable fuel in and of itself and theperfect additive to help dirty gasoline burn cleaner and help us wean ourselvesfrom our addiction to oil. Why do we have a mandate for 90% gasoline?  To me, thats what the E10 restriction really is.  Do we owe the future of our transportation energy complex to the oil companies?  I think not.  Theyve helped build it over the past century and were rewarded handsomely for it.  Now its time to break the technical and economic monopoly that they and OPEC have evolved into.E15 will increase competition in the market and bring prices down at the pump, helping every one of us.  I have a blender pump nearby and frequently find myself waiting in line for it while regular gas pumps sit idle.  Choice is good and people will buy what makes sense for them.  As ethanol production gets more efficient and markets open, making it more competitive, people will move our country away from oil.  The best thing government can do is clear the way for open competition.Yes, there have been concerns about engine wear.  And without data, all concerns are legitimate; but now we have the data.  I have read the conclusions and data of many studies.  The overwhelming majority say E15 does not negatively effect engines and, in fact, may have a positive impact.Next, the stability of our economy depends on making products here on U.S. soil.  Ethanol provides a strong, diverse and sustainable base for agriculture, fuel production, machinery, and support services.  As we advance competitive renewable fuels, many jobs and communities will continue to turn the corner from a steady decline to rebuilding and thriving as we put U.S. citizens to work.And last.  If we really want to clean up our environment, the best effort is one that we can control, here at home.  If we continue to import such a large portion of our oil and support the use of gasoline globally, we have very little control over the pollution generated by those countries.  As a leader, the U.S. can help turn the corner away from carbon-heavy fossil fuels to cleaner energy that is produced in environmentally controlled facilities right here.Thank you.  The increase to E15 from E10, will damage fuel systems, componets, and void car/truck warranties...if approved the government much ensure those warranties...this is not a comsumer choice. This proposal does simply smack more of politics and is wrongheaded...to support the farm states and big-arga-busnesses. This will further decrease MPGs, damage systems not designed to handle E15. It seems clear that the ethanol plans are being shut down for lack of demand vis a vis lower oil prices worldwide have plunged to $50/bbl from $140/bbl. This is just a bad idea that trys to bail out producers who have tried to benefit from government directed solutions instead of allowing the marketplace to determine the best alternatives to become less oil dependant.  The USA should address in part the situation with already proven technologies, eg neclear power plants that successful provide eletrical engery to 75 percent of all of France. This doable, safe, and clean...no carbon whatsoever!In closing, do not mandate solutions such as raising E10 to E15...Just tax gasoline inversely to the cost oil per bbl, ie oil goes up,the the tax goes down...this would,if the tax were sufficent to reduce demand, mileage, improve the enviorment, and result in smaller more effecient auto/trucks to boot. As proposed mandating E15, is a bad ideal! This is simply a bad idea. Our equipment will not run on the mandated 10% Ethanol. Increasing to15% makes a bad idea worse.