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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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WASHINGTON | Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:16am EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency is monitoring the effect flooding in the Midwest may have on the federal renewable fuel standard, an agency official said on Thursday.

The EPA has not fully determined the effect the floods will have on the corn-based ethanol mandate, which requires blending 9 billion gallons of ethanol in the nation's fuel supply this year, Robert Meyers, the agency's principal deputy assistant administrator, said in testimony to the Senate.

The agency is currently considering a request by Gov. Rick Perry of Texas to cut the mandate by half this year.

(Reporting by Ayesha Rascoe; Editing by Walter Bagley)

(ayesha.rascoe@thomsonreuters.com)
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