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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. On or after February 1, 2000, a retail dealer 1 5 shall not offer for sale in this state a motor vehicle 1 6 fuel that contains more than two percent of methyl 1 7 tertiary butyl ether as provided by rules adopted by 1 8 the department. The department shall adopt rules 1 9 necessary in order to ensure that methyl tertiary 1 10 butyl ether does not cause a threat to the public 1 11 health or environment by contaminating groundwater or 1 12 surface water in this state. 1 13 b. The legislative council is requested to 1 14 establish an interim committee to study issues 1 15 relating to the sale, use, and health and 1 16 environmental effects of oxygenate enhancers contained 1 17 in motor vehicle fuel, including but not limited to 1 18 ethanol and methyl tertiary butyl ether. The interim 1 19 committee shall report the findings and 1 20 recommendations of its study, including any proposed 1 21 legislation, to the general assembly as required by 1 22 the legislative council prior to the 2000 Session of 1 23 the Seventy-eighth General Assembly. 1 24 c. At sites where groundwater or soil monitoring 1 25 is required, pursuant to section 455B.474, subsection 1 26 1, paragraph "d", "f", or "h", the department of 1 27 natural resources shall require that monitoring 1 28 include testing for the presence of methyl tertiary 1 29 butyl ether from the locations where other sample 1 30 analyses are required. The department shall provide 1 31 regular updates to the interim committee established 1 32 in paragraph "b" as required by the interim committee. 1 33 The department shall report the findings and 1 34 recommendations of the testing to the general assembly 1 35 prior to the 2000 Session of the Seventy-eighth 1 36 General Assembly." 1 37 1 38 1 39 1 40 KUHN of Floyd 1 41 1 42 1 43 1 44 KLEMME of Plymouth 1 45 1 46 1 47 1 48 KREIMAN of Davis 1 49 1 50 2 1 2 2 BRADLEY of Clinton 2 3 HF 772.211 78 2 4 nh/gg
Text: H01800 Text: H01802 Text: H01800 - H01899 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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