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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE RESOLUTION
1 3 BY CHAIRPERSON KLEMME)
1 4 A House Concurrent Resolution to request that the
1 5 Congress of the United States maintain its
1 6 commitment to clean air and the ethanol industry,
1 7 by maintaining the oxygenate requirement in the
1 8 federal Clean Air Act that promotes the use of ethanol
1 9 in reformulated gasoline, and urging the United
1 10 States Environmental Protection Agency to resist
1 11 California's attempt to waive the oxygenate
1 12 requirement in that state.
1 13 WHEREAS, the federal Clean Air Act requires the use of
1 14 oxygenated motor vehicle fuels in order to improve air quality
1 15 in the nation's most polluted areas and to reduce emissions of
1 16 benzene and other ozone-forming aromatic compounds associated
1 17 with gasoline; and
1 18 WHEREAS, ethanol blended gasoline is an environmentally
1 19 safe oxygenate enhancer that may be used in reformulated
1 20 gasoline in order to comply with the requirements of the
1 21 federal Clean Air Act; and
1 22 WHEREAS, the Governor of California in Executive Order D-5-
1 23 99 has ordered the California Environmental Protection Agency
1 24 to work with Senator Feinstein and the California
1 25 congressional delegation to pursue a permanent waiver of the
1 26 federal Clean Air Act requirements for oxygen content in
1 27 reformulated gasoline in California; and
1 28 WHEREAS, this nation's petroleum industry is actively
1 29 pursuing the removal of the oxygenate requirement altogether
1 30 from the United States Environmental Protection Agency's
1 31 Reformulated Gasoline Program; and
1 32 WHEREAS, a federal waiver of the oxygenate requirement in
1 33 California, let alone nationwide repeal, would be a
1 34 devastating loss of a significant opportunity for ethanol in
1 35 this country; NOW THEREFORE,
2 1 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE SENATE
2 2 CONCURRING, That the Iowa General Assembly encourages the
2 3 Congress of the United States to maintain its commitment to
2 4 the federal Clean Air Act by retaining its oxygenate
2 5 requirements and by implementing standards that ensure the
2 6 opportunity for the use of ethanol blended gasoline in Phase
2 7 II of the Reformulated Gasoline Program, thereby preserving
2 8 the natural environment, protecting the public health,
2 9 reducing this nation's dependence upon foreign petroleum, and
2 10 providing additional markets; and
2 11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Iowa General Assembly
2 12 encourages the United States President, the Administrator of
2 13 the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and the
2 14 Congress of the United States to oppose the waiver of the
2 15 oxygen content requirement from the United States
2 16 Environmental Protection Agency's Reformulated Gasoline
2 17 Program in California; and
2 18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be
2 19 sent by the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives to the
2 20 President of the United States and the Administrator of the
2 21 United States Environmental Protection Agency; and
2 22 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be
2 23 sent by the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives to the
2 24 President of the Senate of the United States, the Speaker of
2 25 the House of Representatives of the United States, the
2 26 Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States Senate, and
2 27 the Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States House
2 28 of Representatives; and
2 29 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be
2 30 sent by the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives to
2 31 Iowa's congressional delegation.
2 32 LSB 2313HC 79
2 33 da/cf/24
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