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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON NATURAL
1 3 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
1 4 BILL BY CHAIRPERSON BARTZ)
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 of
1 15 oxygenated motor vehicle fuels in order to improve air quality
1 16 in the nation's most polluted areas and to reduce emissions of
1 17 benzene and other ozone-forming aromatic compounds associated
1 18 with gasoline; and
1 19 WHEREAS, ethanol blended gasoline is an environmentally
1 20 safe oxygenate enhancer that may be used in reformulated
1 21 gasoline in order to comply with the requirements of the
1 22 federal Clean Air Act; and
1 23 WHEREAS, the Governor of California in Executive Order D-5-
1 24 99 has ordered the California Environmental Protection Agency
1 25 to work with Senator Feinstein and the California
1 26 congressional delegation to pursue a permanent waiver of the
1 27 federal Clean Air Act requirements for oxygen content in
1 28 reformulated gasoline in California; and
1 29 WHEREAS, this nation's petroleum industry is actively
1 30 pursuing the removal of the oxygenate requirement altogether
1 31 from the United States Environmental Protection Agency's
1 32 Reformulated Gasoline Program; and
1 33 WHEREAS, a federal waiver of the oxygenate requirement in
1 34 California, let alone nationwide repeal, would be a
1 35 devastating loss of a significant opportunity for ethanol in
2 1 this country; NOW THEREFORE,
2 2 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2 3 CONCURRING, That the Iowa General Assembly encourages the
2 4 Congress of the United States to maintain its commitment to
2 5 the federal Clean Air Act by retaining oxygenate requirements
2 6 and by implementing standards that ensure the opportunity for
2 7 the use of ethanol blended gasoline in Phase II of the
2 8 Reformulated Gasoline Program, thereby preserving the natural
2 9 environment, protecting the public health, reducing this
2 10 nation's dependence upon foreign petroleum, and providing
2 11 additional markets; and
2 12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Iowa General Assembly
2 13 encourages the United States President, the Administrator of
2 14 the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and the
2 15 Congress of the United States to oppose the waiver of the
2 16 oxygen content requirement from the United States
2 17 Environmental Protection Agency's Reformulated Gasoline
2 18 Program in California; and
2 19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be
2 20 sent by the Secretary of Senate to the President of the United
2 21 States and the Administrator of the United States
2 22 Environmental Protection Agency; and
2 23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be
2 24 sent by the Secretary of the Senate to the President of the
2 25 Senate of the United States; the Speaker of the House of
2 26 Representatives of the United States; the Majority and
2 27 Minority Leaders of the United States Senate; and the Majority
2 28 and Minority Leaders of the United States House of
2 29 Representatives; and
2 30 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be
2 31 sent by the Secretary of the Senate to Iowa's congressional
2 32 delegation.
2 33 LSB 5648SC 78
2 34 da/cf/24
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