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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. 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."
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1 40 KUHN of Floyd
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1 44 KLEMME of Plymouth
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1 48 KREIMAN of Davis
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2 2 BRADLEY of Clinton
2 3 HF 772.211 78
2 4 nh/gg
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