Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is leading a group of Republican lawmakers calling on the E.P.A. to lift the rule that requires reformulated gasoline to be sold in southeastern Wisconsin.
The request comes at a time the state is experiencing record pump prices.
The Republicans have sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan asking for the change this summer.
They say it would provide “much-needed relief” to Wisconsin drivers buying gas.
The lawmakers say the reformulated product costs an average of 40-cents a gallon more than the prices seen in areas of Wisconsin where blended fuels aren’t required.
