Please define acronyms when sharing information with us.  I am eager to learn
about your issues, but do not follow the entire scope of Sierra Club issues
closely enough to be familiar with MG, MTBE,  CAFO, and all of the other
acronyms I come across in these messages.

Thanks!

Alisa

Peggy Murdock wrote:

> In Lyle's report the representative for the Americn Petrolium Institute,
> David Smitherman, is reported as stating "that the state's requirement that
> gasoline cannot contain more than two percent MTBE may be challenged. He
> stressed that environmental contamination in California due to MTBE does
> not pose a significant risk in Iowa because of the requirements of the
> state's underground storage tank law."
>
>   At the Water Quality Advisory Task Force meeting, it was mentioned that
> MTBE is being found in Iowa water.  It is in the gasoline if you don't buy
> ethanol.
>
> Jet Skis, motorboats, lawn mowers and snowmobiles all have two-stroke
> motors which leave 25-30% of their fuel in the water or on the land where
> they are used.
>
> Peggy Murdock
>
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Alisa Stone
Waste Management Assistance Division
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
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