MTBE Elimination Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should provide technical assistance, information, and matching funds to help local communities test drinking water supplies and remediate drinking water contaminated with methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).
Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit, three years after the enactment of the MTBE Elimination Act, the use of MTBE as a fuel additive.
Establishes an MTBE research grants program within EPA.
Actions
Feb 6, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1086-1087)
Feb 6, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1086)