For information about the MTBE in California
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Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 00:01:50 -0400
From: Stella Pyrtek-Blond
To: Charlie Peters , "imes"
Subject: [Fwd: senate-news(mountjoy,press-releases): mtbe-free gas choice]
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Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 15:30:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: senate-news(mountjoy,press-releases): mtbe-free gas choice
To: Recipients, of, mountjoy,
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 11, 1999
MTBE-FREE GAS CHOICE
Senator Richard Mountjoy (R-Arcadia) expressed
disappointment when the Senate Environmental Quality Committee
held his bill which encouraged the rapid removal of MTBE from
California gasoline in committee. This means SB 201 will see no
further action.
Senate Bill 201 directed the Department of Health
Services to make public service announcements to advise
Californians where MTBE-free gasoline could be purchased. The
bill required a gasoline company to completely remove MTBE from
a city, county, or region before October 31, 2000 to be included
in the public service announcements.
"If given the choice, drivers would choose MTBE-free
gasoline. The marketplace provides a powerful incentive,"
Senator Mountjoy stated. After Tosco announced its decision to
sell MTBE-free gasoline at South Lake Tahoe, other companies
quickly followed suit to remain competitive.
Senator Mountjoy noted that he is frequently asked by
people across the state where they can buy MTBE-free gasoline.
Senator Mountjoy's SB 521 (1997) funded the recently
completed $500,000 University of California study analyzing the
health and environmental impact of MTBE. The study concluded
MTBE harms water without a significant improvement in air
quality.
Under the provisions of SB 521, Governor Gray Davis
declared MTBE posed a significant risk to California's
environment and ordered that it be removed from gasoline by the
end of 2002.
"Senate Bill 201 encouraged a more rapid removal of MTBE,"
stated Senator Mountjoy, who is concerned about the growing
water contamination the longer it remains in the gasoline.
According to the UC study, more than 10,000 California
drinking water sources now contain MTBE. The chemical's high
solubility and resistance to current remediation procedures
imperils California's water supply.
"I believe marketplace incentives would expedite the
elimination of MTBE in California," Senator Mountjoy concluded.
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Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 00:01:50 -0400
From: Stella Pyrtek-Blond
To: Charlie Peters , "imes"
Subject: [Fwd: senate-news(mountjoy,press-releases): mtbe-free gas choice]
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Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 15:30:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: senate-news(mountjoy,press-releases): mtbe-free gas choice
To: Recipients, of, mountjoy,
press-releases, messages
Message-id:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 11, 1999
MTBE-FREE GAS CHOICE
Senator Richard Mountjoy (R-Arcadia) expressed
disappointment when the Senate Environmental Quality Committee
held his bill which encouraged the rapid removal of MTBE from
California gasoline in committee. This means SB 201 will see no
further action.
Senate Bill 201 directed the Department of Health
Services to make public service announcements to advise
Californians where MTBE-free gasoline could be purchased. The
bill required a gasoline company to completely remove MTBE from
a city, county, or region before October 31, 2000 to be included
in the public service announcements.
"If given the choice, drivers would choose MTBE-free
gasoline. The marketplace provides a powerful incentive,"
Senator Mountjoy stated. After Tosco announced its decision to
sell MTBE-free gasoline at South Lake Tahoe, other companies
quickly followed suit to remain competitive.
Senator Mountjoy noted that he is frequently asked by
people across the state where they can buy MTBE-free gasoline.
Senator Mountjoy's SB 521 (1997) funded the recently
completed $500,000 University of California study analyzing the
health and environmental impact of MTBE. The study concluded
MTBE harms water without a significant improvement in air
quality.
Under the provisions of SB 521, Governor Gray Davis
declared MTBE posed a significant risk to California's
environment and ordered that it be removed from gasoline by the
end of 2002.
"Senate Bill 201 encouraged a more rapid removal of MTBE,"
stated Senator Mountjoy, who is concerned about the growing
water contamination the longer it remains in the gasoline.
According to the UC study, more than 10,000 California
drinking water sources now contain MTBE. The chemical's high
solubility and resistance to current remediation procedures
imperils California's water supply.
"I believe marketplace incentives would expedite the
elimination of MTBE in California," Senator Mountjoy concluded.
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