Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg is calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to expedite the city's application to opt out of a clean fuel program.

The city has been part of the reformulated gas program since 1995 in an effort to cut down on ground-level ozone, a type of air pollution. Louisville’s participation means what’s sold at Louisville pumps is different from the conventional gas sold elsewhere in Kentucky. The reformulated gas, and its environmental benefits, come with a price tag for customers, an increased fuel cost of about 10 to 30 cents per gallon.

Standing outside of Bader's Foodmart downtown, Greenberg announced Wednesday that he sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin asking him to speed up the process of removing Louisville from the program. The process

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