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STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission



Notice of Public Workshop On
Staff Report of Timetable for Removal of MTBE
From Gasoline and Status Report of MTBE-Free
Gasoline Deliveries to the Lake Tahoe Region

The California Energy Commission's Fuel Resources Office staff and the California Air Resources Board's Stationary Source Division staff will conduct a public workshop to discuss their findings on the timetable for phasing Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE) out of gasoline in California. Both staffs will also provide an update on the status of supplies of MTBE-free gasoline to the Lake Tahoe region.

The workshop is scheduled as follows:

Friday, June 18, 1999
Starting at 10 a.m.
California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth Street
First Floor -- Hearing Room A
Sacramento, California
(Wheelchair Accessible)

Background

Governor Gray Davis' Executive Order D-5-99, Item #4, of March 25, 1999, charges the California Energy Commission and the California Air Resources Board to work with the petroleum industry to supply MTBE-free, California-compliant gasoline year-round to the Lake Tahoe region at the earliest possible date. Both staffs have conducted meetings with various stakeholders, including permitting agencies, environmental groups, state agencies, the ethanol industry, petroleum refiners, and petroleum product pipeline companies. The meetings included discussions covering a range of issues associated with Governor Davis' Executive Order D-5-99. Topics addressed were the timetable for removing MTBE from gasoline sold in California, deliveries of MTBE-free gasoline to the Lake Tahoe region, and Phase 3 reformulated gasoline specification. The primary purpose of these meetings was to collect information necessary to respond to Item #4 of the Executive Order.

The purpose of this workshop is for staff to discuss the findings and recommendations associated with the removal of MTBE from California's gasoline, specifically with regard to the timetable for phasing-out MTBE. In addition, an update on the MTBE-free gasoline deliveries to the Lake Tahoe region will be addressed.

Commissioners may attend the workshop.


Public Participation

The public is invited to attend this workshop and will have the opportunity to comment. Anyone who would like to provide written comments may do so by mail or e-mail. Written comments must include Docket No. 99-GEO-1 on the cover page and 12 copies must be filed by June 18, 1999, with the Energy Commission's Dockets Unit at:

CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION
Dockets Unit
Attn: Docket 99-GEO-1
1516 Ninth Street, MS-4
Sacramento, CA 95814-5512
E-Mail: docket@energy.state.ca.us

Information about public participation is available from Roberta Mendonca, the Commission's Public Adviser, at (916) 654-4489, or toll-free at (800) 822-6228 or PAO@energy.state.ca.us. If you require special accommodations, contact Robert Sifuentes, at (916) 654-5004, at least five days prior to the Workshop. Media inquiries should be directed to the Commission's Assistant Director, Claudia Chandler, in the Media and Public Communications Office at (916) 654-4989. Technical questions should be directed to Gordon Schremp at (916) 654-4887 or gschremp@energy.state.ca.us


Additional Information

Energy Commission staff has compiled an information package on this subject that when available will be posted at http://www.energy.ca.gov/mtbe. For those individuals that we have an E-mail address we send you an attachment directly via E-mail, all others will be mailed a hard copy.



Date Mailed: June 8, 1999
List: MTBE



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