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Industry Deals With Ethanol Blending Issues
By Mr Ethanol | August 29, 2008
Ethanol Producer Magazine:
Two recent separate matters concerning ethanol blending have generated some concern and interest among fuel retailers and the ethanol industry.
The Iowa Attorney General’s office filed a state consumer-protection lawsuit Aug. 13, charging Jerry Fratzke, owner of Pronto Market gas stations in Sumner and Fairbank, Iowa, of “improperly and fraudulently” selling E85 as regular unleaded gasoline or E10 to his customers. A temporary restraining order was filed and granted preventing Fratzke from selling E85. A hearing is scheduled for Sept. 22.
An affidavit signed by Lisa Kurt, weights and measures inspector for the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, and filed with the Blackhawk County District Court, states that during the process of her normal duties, she discovered eight invoices showing that E85, E75 and other blends of ethanol had been delivered from Jesup, Iowa-based bulk fuel distributor Consolidated Energy Co. to the Pronto Market stores. It was noted that neither location had underground storage tanks or pumps for E85. Kurt then took fuel samples from the underground tanks at each location to determine the ethanol content. Testing conducting by Magellan Midstream Partners LP concluded that the fuel in each tank contained levels of ethanol greater than 10 percent. Article continues here.
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