Senate Bill sb0372c1

    Florida Senate - 2001                            CS for SB 372

    By the Committee on Natural Resources and Senator Saunders





    312-1496-01

  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 methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in

18  this state, the areas of concern resulting from the use of

19  MTBE, any alternative additives that may be used in place of

20  MTBE, and the effects and consequences of using those

21  alternative additives. The study must take into account the

22  results of the study on MTBE conducted by the Blue Ribbon

23  Panel of the United States Environmental Protection Agency,

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

25  determine actions that should be undertaken in this state. By

26  January 15, 2002, the department shall submit to the

27  Legislature a report containing the results of its study and

28  the department's recommendations for legislation, if any. The

29  Legislature requests that representatives of the petroleum

30  industry participate with the department in the study to the

31  extent practicable.

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    Florida Senate - 2001                            CS for SB 372
    312-1496-01




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

  2  law.

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  4          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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  7  There are no substantial changes. The term "MTBE" is spelled
    out as methyl tertiary butyl ether the first time it is used
  8  in the bill.

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