National Council of Chain Restaurants Urges Congress to Act on Renewable Fuel Standard
The National Council of Chain Restaurants today issued the following statement from Executive Director Rob Green following the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to delay the 2014 ethanol volume mandate:
The National Council of Chain Restaurants today issued the following statement from Executive Director Rob Green following the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to delay the 2014 ethanol volume mandate:
“In a bizarre move, the EPA inexplicably ignored the law and refused to make a crucial final decision on the 2014 RFS volumes.
“By backtracking on their initial recommendation on the ethanol mandate quota, the White House and EPA have chosen to accommodate a small group of ethanol lobbyists at the expense of American consumers and diners, the nation’s small business restaurant owners and all businesses that support and sustain the food supply chain.
“This unbelievable non-announcement demonstrates once and for all that the EPA, because of statutory and political considerations, cannot fix the failure of the RFS.
“Members of Congress should take note. The federal RFS ethanol mandate is irrevocably broken and needs to be repealed immediately. It is time that Congress take the RFS ‘off the menu’ once and for all.”
Since the RFS was implemented in 2006, costs for vital food commodities including corn, grain, poultry and meat have risen dramatically, driving up the price of food items in the nation’s restaurants and grocery stores.
The National Council of Chain Restaurants (NCCR) is the leading trade association exclusively representing chain restaurant companies. For more than 40 years, NCCR has worked to advance sound public policy that best serves the interests of restaurant businesses and the millions of people they employ. NCCR members include the country's most-respected quick-service and table-service chains. NCCR is a division of the National Retail Federation, the world's largest retail trade group.
“In a bizarre move, the EPA inexplicably ignored the law and refused to make a crucial final decision on the 2014 RFS volumes.
“By backtracking on their initial recommendation on the ethanol mandate quota, the White House and EPA have chosen to accommodate a small group of ethanol lobbyists at the expense of American consumers and diners, the nation’s small business restaurant owners and all businesses that support and sustain the food supply chain.
“This unbelievable non-announcement demonstrates once and for all that the EPA, because of statutory and political considerations, cannot fix the failure of the RFS.
“Members of Congress should take note. The federal RFS ethanol mandate is irrevocably broken and needs to be repealed immediately. It is time that Congress take the RFS ‘off the menu’ once and for all.”
Since the RFS was implemented in 2006, costs for vital food commodities including corn, grain, poultry and meat have risen dramatically, driving up the price of food items in the nation’s restaurants and grocery stores.
The National Council of Chain Restaurants (NCCR) is the leading trade association exclusively representing chain restaurant companies. For more than 40 years, NCCR has worked to advance sound public policy that best serves the interests of restaurant businesses and the millions of people they employ. NCCR members include the country's most-respected quick-service and table-service chains. NCCR is a division of the National Retail Federation, the world's largest retail trade group.
