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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
1 3 AND ENVIRONMENT
1 4 (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3139)
1 5 A Senate Concurrent Resolution to request that the
1 6 Congress of the United States maintain its
1 7 commitment to clean air and the ethanol industry,
1 8 by maintaining the oxygenate requirement in the
1 9 federal Clean Air Act that promotes the use of ethanol
1 10 in reformulated gasoline, and urging the United
1 11 States Environmental Protection Agency to resist
1 12 California's attempt to waive the oxygenate
1 13 requirement in that state.
1 14 WHEREAS, the federal Clean Air Act requires the use
1 15 of oxygenated motor vehicle fuels in order to improve
1 16 air quality in the nation's most polluted areas and to
1 17 reduce emissions of benzene and other ozone-forming
1 18 aromatic compounds associated with gasoline; and
1 19 WHEREAS, ethanol blended gasoline is an
1 20 environmentally safe oxygenate enhancer that may be
1 21 used in reformulated gasoline in order to comply with
1 22 the requirements of the federal Clean Air Act; and
1 23 WHEREAS, the Governor of California in Executive
1 24 Order D-5-99 has ordered the California Environmental
1 25 Protection Agency to work with Senator Feinstein and
1 26 the California congressional delegation to pursue a
1 27 permanent waiver of the federal Clean Air Act
1 28 requirements for oxygen content in reformulated
1 29 gasoline in California; and
1 30 WHEREAS, this nation's petroleum industry is
2 1 actively pursuing the removal of the oxygenate
2 2 requirement altogether from the United States
2 3 Environmental Protection Agency's Reformulated
2 4 Gasoline Program; and
2 5 WHEREAS, a federal waiver of the oxygenate
2 6 requirement in California, let alone nationwide
2 7 repeal, would be a devastating loss of a significant
2 8 opportunity for ethanol in this country; NOW
2 9 THEREFORE,
2 10 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
2 11 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the Iowa General
2 12 Assembly encourages the Congress of the United States
2 13 to maintain its commitment to the federal Clean Air
2 14 Act by retaining oxygenate requirements and by
2 15 implementing standards that ensure the opportunity for
2 16 the use of ethanol blended gasoline in Phase II of the
2 17 Reformulated Gasoline Program, thereby preserving the
2 18 natural environment, protecting the public health,
2 19 reducing this nation's dependence upon foreign
2 20 petroleum, and providing additional markets; and
2 21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Iowa General
2 22 Assembly encourages the United States President, the
2 23 Administrator of the United States Environmental
2 24 Protection Agency, and the Congress of the United
2 25 States to oppose the waiver of the oxygen content
2 26 requirement from the United States Environmental
2 27 Protection Agency's Reformulated Gasoline Program in
2 28 California; and
2 29 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this
2 30 Resolution be sent by the Secretary of the Senate to
3 1 the President of the United States and the
3 2 Administrator of the United States Environmental
3 3 Protection Agency; and
3 4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
3 5 Resolution be sent by the Secretary of the Senate to
3 6 the President of the Senate of the United States; the
3 7 Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United
3 8 States; the Majority and Minority Leaders of the
3 9 United States Senate; and the Majority and Minority
3 10 Leaders of the United States House of Representatives;
3 11 and
3 12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
3 13 Resolution be sent by the Secretary of the Senate to
3 14 Iowa's congressional delegation.
3 15 LSB 5648SV 78
3 16 da/cf/24.1
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