Senate Bill sb0372

    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 372

    By Senator Saunders





    25-421-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to environmental protection;

  3         requiring that the Department of Environmental

  4         Protection study the use in this state of MTBE

  5         as a gasoline additive; requiring that the

  6         department report its findings and

  7         recommendations to the Legislature; requesting

  8         that representatives of the petroleum industry

  9         participate in the study; providing an

10         effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  The Department of Environmental Protection,

15  in consultation with representatives of the petroleum

16  industry, shall study the effects and consequences of the use

17  of the gasoline additive MTBE in this state, the areas of

18  concern resulting from the use of MTBE, any alternative

19  additives that may be used in place of MTBE, and the effects

20  and consequences of using those alternative additives. The

21  study must take into account the results of the study on MTBE

22  conducted by the Blue Ribbon Panel of the United States

23  Environmental Protection Agency, determine the applicability

24  of the results of that study, and determine actions that

25  should be undertaken in this state. By January 15, 2002, the

26  department shall submit to the Legislature a report containing

27  the results of its study and the department's recommendations

28  for legislation, if any. The Legislature requests that

29  representatives of the petroleum industry participate with the

30  department in the study to the extent practicable.

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 372
    25-421-01




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

  2  law.

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  5                          SENATE SUMMARY

  6    Requires the Department of Environmental Protection, in
      consultation with representatives of the petroleum
  7    industry, to study the use of MTBE as a gasoline
      additive. Requires the department to study alternative
  8    additives that may be used in place of MTBE. Requires the
      department to report its findings and recommendations to
  9    the Legislature by January 15, 2002.

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