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1 1 Amend House File 772 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 15, by inserting after line 26 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "a. It is the intent of the general assembly to
1 5 protect water quality by increasing the use and
1 6 production of ethanol and thereby furthering goals
1 7 relating to protecting this state's environment. The
1 8 oxygenate enhancer methyl tertiary butyl ether
1 9 (commonly referred to as "MTBE") is not a renewable
1 10 fuel and poses a significant threat to this state's
1 11 groundwater and surface water.
1 12 b. It is the policy of this state to encourage the
1 13 production and use of motor vehicle fuel containing
1 14 ethanol and to prohibit the production and use of
1 15 methyl tertiary butyl ether.
1 16 (1) Prior to January 1, 2000, a retail dealer
1 17 shall not offer for sale in this state a motor vehicle
1 18 fuel that contains more than one percent of methyl
1 19 tertiary butyl ether.
1 20 (2) On or after January 1, 2000, a retail dealer
1 21 shall not offer for sale in this state a motor vehicle
1 22 fuel that contains more than trace amounts of methyl
1 23 tertiary butyl ether as provided by rules adopted by
1 24 the department. The department shall adopt rules
1 25 necessary in order to ensure that methyl tertiary
1 26 butyl ether does not cause a threat to the public
1 27 health or environment by contaminating groundwater or
1 28 surface water in this state.
1 29 c. The legislative council is requested to
1 30 establish an interim committee to study issues
1 31 relating to the sale, use, and health and
1 32 environmental effects of oxygenate enhancers contained
1 33 in motor vehicle fuel, including but not limited to
1 34 ethanol and methyl tertiary butyl ether. The interim
1 35 committee shall report the findings and
1 36 recommendations of its study, including any proposed
1 37 legislation, to the general assembly as required by
1 38 the legislative council prior to the 2000 Session of
1 39 the Seventy-eighth General Assembly.
1 40 d. At sites where groundwater or soil monitoring
1 41 is required, pursuant to section 455B.474, subsection
1 42 1, paragraph "d", "f", or "h", the department of
1 43 natural resources shall require that monitoring
1 44 include testing for the presence of methyl tertiary
1 45 butyl ether from the locations where other sample
1 46 analyses are required. The department shall provide
1 47 regular updates to the interim committee established
1 48 in subsection 1 as required by the interim committee.
1 49 The department shall report the findings and
1 50 recommendations of the testing to the general assembly
2 1 prior to the 2000 Session of the Seventy-eighth
2 2 General Assembly."
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2 6 KUHN of Floyd
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2 10 WEIGEL of Chickasaw
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2 14 KREIMAN of Davis
2 15 HF 772.709 78
2 16 nh/sc
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