House Bill 2447

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 2447

        By Representative Lacasa






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to environmental protection;

  3         requiring the Department of Environmental

  4         Protection to conduct a study relating to the

  5         use of MTBE in the state and to report its

  6         findings and recommendations to the

  7         Legislature; requesting participation by the

  8         petroleum industry in the study; providing an

  9         effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  The Department of Environmental Protection,

14  in consultation with representatives of the petroleum

15  industry, shall conduct a study of the effects and

16  consequences of use of the gasoline additive MTBE in this

17  state, the areas of concern resulting from the use of MTBE,

18  the alternatives to MTBE, and the effects and consequences of

19  using an alternative to MTBE. The study must take into account

20  the results of the federal Environmental Protection Agency's

21  Blue Ribbon Panel study on the topic, determine the

22  applicability of those results, and determine the actions that

23  this state needs to undertake. The department shall submit to

24  the Legislature by January 15, 2001, a report containing the

25  results of its study and the department's recommended

26  legislation, if any. The Legislature requests that the

27  petroleum industry participate to the extent practicable with

28  the department in the conduct of the study.

29         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

30  law.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 2447

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      Directs the Department of Environmental Protection, in
  4    consultation with representatives of the petroleum
      industry, to conduct a study relating to the use of the
  5    gasoline additive MTBE in the state. Requires report and
      recommendations, if any, to the Legislature by January
  6    15, 2001.

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