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OCR Page 1 of 1809-20-00
03:28pm
From-COMMERCE CMTE DEMOCRATIC STAFF
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T-651
P.02/04
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ONE NUNDRED SIXTh CONCRESS
10M BLILEY. VIRGINIA CRAIRMAN
W J "BILLY TAUZIN. LOUISIANA
JOHN P DINGELL MICHIGAN
MICHAEL C OALEY. Orio
nENRY A WARMAN L'ALIFORNIA
MICHAEL BILINARIS FLORIDA
COWARD MARALT MASSACHUSETTS
U.S. house of Representatibes
JOE BAKTON. IEXAS
HALPH M HALL TEAMS
FRED OPTON. MICHIGAN
RICK BOUCHER VIACINIA
CLIFF STLARNS FLORIDA
EDOLPHUS TOWNS NEW YORK
Committee on Commerce
PAUL CILLMOR. ONIO
FRANK PALLONE in NEW JERSEY
JAMES C GREENWOOD. PENNSYLVANIA
SMERROD BROWN Onio
CHRISTOPHEM con CALIFORNIA
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Room 2125, Rayburn house Office Builomg
NATHAN DEAL. CEORGIA
FE TER DEUTSCH FLORIDA
STEVE LARGENT OKLAHOMA
BOOBYL RUSH. ILLINOIS
Washington, DC 20515-6115
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ANNA c ESHOO. CALIFORNIA
BRIAN P BILDRAY. CALIFORNIA
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outs STUPAK. MICHIGAN
CREC CANSAL IOWA
ELKIT ENGEL NEW YORK
CHARLIE NORWOOD. CEORGIA
IROMAS c SAWYER UNIO
TOM COBURN OKLAHOMA
ALBERT WYNN. MANYLAND
September 20, 2000
RICK LAZIO NEW YORK
CENE CREEN. TEXAS
BARBARA CUBIN WYOMING
KAREN MCCARTRY. MISSOURI
JAMES E ROGAN CALIFORNIA
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DIANA DEGETTE COLORADO
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JAMESL DENDERIAN CHIEF Or STAFF
Mr. John D. Podesta
Chief of Staff to the President
The White House
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1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20500
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I am writing to alert you to several provisions contained in S. 2962, a bill recently
amended and ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works,
because they may become part of the budget end-game. One provision, in particular, threatens,
without basis, to substantially re-write Clean Air Act authority pertaining to vehicles.
As you may be aware, there are numerous legislative proposals in both the House and
Senate intended TO address the issue of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) contamination
resulting, in large part, from leaking underground storage tanks S. 2962, entitled the "Federal
Reformulated Fuels Act of 2000," is intended to significantly amend the Clean Air Act to
effectuate a phaseout of MTBE. I note that most observers, including Chairman Smith, admit
that it is unlikely the bill will reach the Senate floor. ! anticipate that an effort will therefore be
made to include this measure in a spending bill at the end of this Congressional session.
Although I have several reservations about S. 2962 as reported, 1 am very troubled by a
provision that, perhaps unbeknownst to the authors, may re-open decades of debate on the
statutory framework for motor vehicle emissions standards. This provision, contained in
section 9 of S 2962, would require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator
to publish proposed regulations establishing performance requirements for motor vehicles. Of
the many bills introduced in the House and Senate on this issue, no bill has contained such a
provision. This is likely because there is no evidence that motor vehicles or motor vehicle
emissions are the cause for MTBE contamination in groundwater. Moreover, no such provision
has been the subject of review during a legislative hearing on this issue.
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