[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 26 (Monday, July 4, 1994)]
[Pages 1389-1390]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Statement on the EPA Decision on Renewable Fuels

June 30, 1994

    I would like to commend the Environmental Protection Agency for its 
decision to make renewable fuels a major ingredient in reformulated 
gasoline under requirements of the Clean Air Act. Today, we are making 
good on a longstanding commitment to a cleaner environment and a 
stronger economy. This decision offers tremendous potential to provide 
the U.S. with thousands of new jobs for the future.
    The use of reformulated gasoline will help to improve the quality of 
the air in the Na- 

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tion's dirtiest cities. Furthermore, a greater use of ethanol and its 
derivatives could help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
    I especially support the use of ETBE, a fuel derived from ethanol, 
because of its special environmental promise.
    Relying on renewable fuels also presents a major opportunity to 
farmers and other members of rural communities to get to work helping 
America. The rule could boost demand for corn by 250 million bushels a 
year.
    Again, I commend EPA on this important decision to use renewable 
fuels to help achieve the objectives of the Clean Air Act. I believe our 
economy and our environment can go hand in hand. This policy is good for 
our environment, our public health, and our Nation's farmers, and that's 
good for America.