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To: tejek who wrote (178045)	11/15/2003 10:12:28 PM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578926

Hi Tejek & folks working in Santa Clara- Santa Clara County gas stations have been recently dug up to replace their underground gas tanks...over the past three to four years. I wonder why? PS We use bottled water at our startup. ---------------------------------------------------------- bayarea.com Posted on Sat, Nov. 15, 2003 Energy bill makes MTBE waiver retroactive WASHINGTON (AP) - A provision inserted into a massive energy bill would shield makers of the gasoline additive MTBE from more than a dozen lawsuits filed in recent months over drinking water contamination... The Republican-crafted bill would make product liability protection for MTBE retroactive... The additive has been found to foul drinking water supplies in at least 28 states when gasoline containing MTBE leaks [from underground gas tanks] or is spilled into surface or groundwater. Lawsuits have been filed in at least a dozen states from California to New England asking that the MTBE makers help pay for water cleanup... But the energy bill provision, put in at the insistence of House Majority Leader Tom Delay, R-Texas, would prevent such lawsuits from seeking damages based on an argument that MTBE, as a product, is defective. MTBE manufacturers, many of whom are located in Texas... ...the fuel leaking from damaged underground gas storage tanks. ... ``They are the ones who are responsible for the problem. The manufacturers knew of the problems, they profited and never did anything about it,'' said Robert Gordon, an attorney who is involved in a number of lawsuits involving MTBE contamination cases in the New York City area. ... ...Gov. Craig Benson said the companies should track down the contamination and help pay the millions of dollars in cleanup. ... Water treatment officials, mayors and other local officials have lobbied against the waiver. It ``will put the cost of pollution cleanup on local tax payers rather than the polluters,'' ... bayarea.com