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Strategies & Market Trends : Water! Water! Everywhere and Not a Drop To Drink!
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To: charlie the tuna who wrote (45)4/18/1999 12:12:00 PM
From: kinkblot  Read Replies (1) of 336
 
University of California at Davis Study on MTBE

Health and Environmental Assessment of MTBE

Report to the Governor and Legislature of California, delivered Nov 12, 1998

tsrtp.ucdavis.edu

Study findings were used to support the case for a ban in California. The most salient finding, from page 1 of the "Fact Sheet":

· MTBE and other oxygenates were found to have no significant effect on exhaust emissions from advanced technology vehicles. There is no significant difference in the emissions reduction of benzene between oxygenated and non-oxygenated CaRFG2 that meets all other CaRFG2 standards. Thus, there is no significant additional air quality benefit to the use of oxygenates such as MTBE in reformulated gasoline, relative to alternative CaRFG2 non-oxygenated formulations.

One of their recommendations is that the state "assess the environmental impacts of using other oxygenates such as ethanol." However, citizens are mainly concerned with limiting the MTBE problem, not with finding a substitute. This is especially true now that the benefit of adding any oxygenate has been called into question. Alternatives may be studied to death before any action is taken, since the MTBE snafu has now raised the threshold. Meanwhile, affected states can push for passage of federal legislation to eliminate the oxygen content requirement. Senator Feinstein has recently introduced a bill in the Senate [S. 645]:

thomas.loc.gov

If the mandate is removed, 'victims' groups will probably attempt to pin liability on the active MTBE producers.

Hey charlie, it's lucky you're a saltwater fish!   --Will
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