Iowa and Missouri are fighting back in federal court. Iowa, Missouri, and the American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce filed suit May 14 in federal court in Missouri. Ethanol produced in Iowa routinely passes through multiple distributors, terminals, blending facilities, rail cars, and trucks before arriving at a New York gas station. “New York bureaucrats cannot tell Iowa farmers and ethanol and biofuel producers how to do their job or what regulations they need to follow,” Bird said when the lawsuit was filed. The plaintiffs are demanding the court strike down the reporting program or block New York from applying it to Iowa, Missouri, American Free Enterprise Chamber members, and conduct occurring outside the state.