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Soy Growers: Contact Your Senators for Letter Urging EPA to Finalize Biodiesel RVOs for 2014, 2015 and 2016

Jan 29, 2015

ASA requests that soybean farmers contact their Senators and urge them to sign on letter being circulated in the Senate calling for the EPA to quickly finalize strong biodiesel volumes under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for 2014, 2015 and 2016.  The letter is being circulated by Sens. Roy Blunt (R-MO), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Patty Murray (D-WA). As of Monday, Jan. 26th, only Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) agreed to sign on.

The deadline to sign on is Friday, Jan. 30. Contact information is available at the Soy Action Center by clicking here.

If your Senate contacts would like to sign or have any questions regarding the letter, Senate offices should contact Downey Palmer in Sen. Blunt’s office (Downey_Palmer@blunt.senate.gov) or Tyler Jameson in Sen. Heitkamp’s office (Tyler_Jameson@heitkamp.senate.gov).