Senate Bill 2484c1

    Florida Senate - 2000                           CS for SB 2484

    By the Committee on Agriculture and Consumer Services; and
    Senator Saunders




    303-2039A-00

  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 Senate - 2000                           CS for SB 2484
    303-2039A-00




  1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  2                         Senate Bill 2484

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  4  The committee substitute makes the following changes:

  5  *     Requires the Department of Environmental Protection
          (DEP) to conduct a study of the effects and consequences
  6        of using MTBE as a gasoline additive.

  7  *     Provides the study will include areas of concern
          resulting from the use of MTBE, the alternatives to
  8        MTBE, and the effects and consequences of using an
          alternative to MTBE.
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    *     Requires the study to take into account the results of
10        the federal Environmental Protection Agency's Blue
          Ribbon Panel study on MTBE, determine its applicability,
11        and the actions Florida needs to undertake.

12  *     Requires DEP to submit a report of the results of its
          study to the Legislature by January 15, 2001, together
13        with any recommended  legislation.

14  *     Requests the petroleum industry's participation in the
          study to the extent practicable.
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