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Nebraska Ethanol Board nominee Randy Gard stresses blending, export risks at confirmation hearing
Summary
Randy Gard, reappointment nominee to the Nebraska Ethanol Board, told the Natural Resources Committee the state's ethanol industry supports thousands of jobs and faces federal policy risks including small refinery waivers and tariffs. Industry groups backed his reappointment; one member of the public opposed on water-quality grounds.
Randy Gard, the petroleum representative nominee for reappointment to the Nebraska Ethanol Board, told the Natural Resources Committee that Nebraska is the nation’s second-largest ethanol producer and that federal policy decisions could sharply affect blending economics and exports.
Gard, chief operating officer of Bossman Enterprises, gave the committee a brief overview of Nebraska’s ethanol sector and the board’s role in promoting ethanol production and consumption. "Nebraska is the second largest ethanol producing state in the nation, only second to Iowa," Gard said, and he described about "24 ethanol plants in Nebraska that produce just north of 2,000,000,000 gallons of ethanol per year," which he said "equates to over 8,000 jobs in the state."
The nominee and industry witnesses told senators they worry about two federal threats. Gard said small refinery waivers…
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