Text: H01784 Text: H01786 Text: H01700 - H01799 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 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." 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 KUHN of Floyd 2 7 2 8 2 9 2 10 WEIGEL of Chickasaw 2 11 2 12 2 13 2 14 KREIMAN of Davis 2 15 HF 772.709 78 2 16 nh/sc
Text: H01784 Text: H01786 Text: H01700 - H01799 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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