CRAMER-HOEVEN SUPPORT TRUMP ADMINISTRATION REVIEW OF 2022-2025 CAFE STANDARDS
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Kevin Cramer and Senator John Hoeven sent a letter today to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Deputy Administrator Heidi King expressing their support for the review of 2022-2025 Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for passenger cars and light-duty trucks.
“The Obama Administration shortchanged the Mid-Term Evaluation process and tried to solidify 2022-2025 standards unfavorable to the vehicle choices North Dakotans make and the transportation fuels North Dakotans produce,” said Cramer. “Thankfully the Trump Administration has stepped in to reconsider these standards and allow for North Dakota’s interests to be heard. This includes taking advantage of high octane ethanol in higher compression vehicle engines.”
Cramer and Hoeven wrote in the letter, “North Dakota is a leader and at the forefront of production for our nation’s liquid transportation fuel market. Today, the United States is growing domestic petroleum production and is currently estimated by the Energy Information Administration to become a net energy exporter by 2022. Our home state has been a significant contributor to this turnaround going from an approximately flat 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil production for decades to over 1 million bpd for the past four years under no expectation of decline in the years to come.
“We are also one of the nation’s leading biofuel producing states, capable of producing 520 million gallons of ethanol each year. Our state’s production of crude oil, ethanol, and biodiesel are making significant contributions to the gasoline and diesel markets and have significantly assisted in the United States’ growth to energy independence.”
They called for a “proper examination of technological feasibility and the realities facing consumers from cost, choice, and safety are required. As the leader of NHTSA striving ‘to achieve transparency, balance, and fairness in agency policy and rulemaking activities, considering the views of all interested parties,’ we believe you are on the right track to reexamining these issues in the 2022-2025 standards.”
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