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RON WYDEN 

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221 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING 

WASHINGTON, DC 20510 September 18, 2015 

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Laura Vaught 

Associate Administrator for Congressional 

and Intergovernmental Relations 

Environmental Protection Agency 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 3426 ARN 

Washington, DC 20460

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Dear Ms. Vaught: 

Enclosed please find correspondence I received from a constituent. He reached out to your 

office about an issue he is having with ethanol being used in marine engines. 

I would greatly appreciate your addressing my constituent's concerns and responding directl^ to 

him. Please also send a copy to my Washington D.C. office, attention Malcolm McGeary, aI 

am interested in your response. Thank you in advance for your assistance. 

Sincerely, 

PO... G() lo^..• 

Ron Wyden 

United States Senator
Ewers, Michael	 Email: mwewers@frontier.com

2604 South Alpine St. 

Cornelius, OR 97113 

Washington County 

Web Mail Subject:	Environment (Clean Air, Clean Water, Waste) 

EPA Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0111 Air & Radiation Docket, MC 2, EPA Comment Docket 

Subject: Comments regarding EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0111 

As a recreational boat owner I am deeply concerned with the proposal (EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0111), which 

wilt increase the mandated ethanol volumes in the nation's fuel supply to record levels. If adopted, t ese 

obligations will make it more difficult for me to find fuel that is safe to use in my boat & PWC's marin^ 

engines. 

The proposed Renewable Volume Obligations (RVO) for 2015 and 2016 will force a greater amounk of 

E15 and higher ethanol blends to be pushed on to the American public. It is prohibited to use E15 i my 

marine engine and it has been shown to cause damage. EPA should set the RVO levels so that I c n be 

assured an adequate supply of fuel that is safe for my family's boating. 

I am also very concerned that not enough has been done to prevent the mis-fueling of my boat wit the 

higher ethanol blends. The mis-fueling mitigation plans currently available, little more than one stirtker on 

fuel pumps, do not provide sufficient protection against my inadvertently using the wrong gasoline'in my 

marine engines. 

EPA must act to assure there is fuel available that will not put my engines at risk of being damageand 

that I will not unintentionally put the wrong fuel in my marine engines. Thank you for your consideation of 

my views.

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