ICGA Applauds Governor Reynolds and Welcomes the Addition of EPA’s Final Decision to Access Year-Round E15

Feb 26, 2024

The Iowa Corn Growers Association (ICGA) welcomes EPA’s final decision on access to year-round E15 for Midwest states and applauds Governor Reynolds for leading this effort alongside ICGA. In early March of 2023, the EPA delayed the implementation of a plan, created by a group of bipartisan Midwest Governors, including Governor Reynolds, that would allow for the sale of E15 year-round in each respective state until April of 2024. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it will grant the request beginning in the summer of 2025.

“We are very appreciative for all Governor Reynolds has done in leading the charge for access to higher blends of ethanol at the pump.

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Video: Finding a Balance of Innovation and Regulation - Dr. Peter Facchini

Regulations help markets and industry exist on level playing fields, keeping consumers safe and innovation from going too far. However, incredibly strict regulations can stunt innovation and cause entire industries to wither away. Dr. Peter James Facchini brings his perspective on how existing regulations have slowed the advancement of medical developments within Canada. Given the international concern of opium poppy’s illicit potential, Health Canada must abide by this global policy. But with modern technology pushing the development of many pharmaceuticals to being grown via fermentation, is it time to reconsider the rules?

Dr. Peter James Facchini leads research into the metabolic biochemistry in opium poppy at the University of Calgary. For more than 30 years, his work has contributed to the increased availability of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthetic genes to assist in the creation of morphine for pharmaceutical use. Dr. Facchini completed his B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Biological Sciences at the University of Toronto before completing Postdoctoral Fellowships in Biochemistry at the University of Kentucky in 1992 & Université de Montréal in 1995.